Hi,

In Adobe flex 3 beta has a excellent feature called Adobe® Integrated Runtime (AIR™). This is mainly used to access the Client file system and OS. This is very good feature for developing the Desktop applications in Adobe flex.
Adobe® Integrated Runtime (AIR™) is a cross-operating system runtime that allows you to leverage your existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax) to build and deploy Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to the desktop.
AIR enables you to work in familiar environments, to leverage the tools and approaches you find most comfortable, and by supporting Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, and Ajax, to build the best possible experience that meets your needs.
For example, applications can be developed using one or a combination of technologies below:

• Flash / Flex / ActionScript
• HTML / JavaScript / CSS / Ajax
• PDF can be leveraged with any application As a result, AIR applications can be:
• Based on Flash or Flex: Application whose root content is Flash/Flex (SWF)
• Based on Flash or Flex with HTML or PDF. Applications whose root content is Flash/Flex (SWF) with HTML
• (HTML, JS, CSS) or PDF content included
• HTML-based. Application whose root content is HTML, JS, CSS
• HTML-based with Flash/Flex or PDF. Applications whose root content is HTML with Flash/Flex (SWF) or PDF content included

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Here u can see the good AIR sample applications
Adobe Labs - Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Sample Applications

Can we access the local sytem files with AIR?

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AIR application XML file

Hi this is my first AIR application. Cool

Each AIR application requires an application descriptor file. This XML file defines various properties of the application, and is embedded in the AIR package that is distributed to users.

To create the application descriptor file, use a text editor to create an XML file named AIRHelloWorld-app.xml and then add the following text:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.0.M4"
appId="com.adobe.air.example.AIRHelloWorld" version="1.0">
<name>Hello World</name>
<description>A test AIR application.</description>
<copyright>2007</copyright>
<rootContent systemChrome="none" transparent="true" visible="true">AIRHelloWorld.swf</rootContent>
</application>

And the Application mxml source is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" title="Hello World">
<mx:Style>
Application
{
background-image:"";
background-color:"";
background-alpha:"0.5";
}
</mx:Style>
<mx:Label text="Hello AIR" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"/>
</mx:WindowedApplication>

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