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Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of myself, the technical editor, the copy editor, and the line editor, despite the multiple revisions, errors still occur. This page lists all the errors found in the book.

Note: errors are corrected in subsequent printings and therefore your particular copy may not contain all of the following.

You may also find the solution to your problem by using the book's corresponding forum. Signficant changes in the technology will be addressed there and you can also find problems and solutions encountered by other readers.

Known Errors in the Book:

Chapter	Page #	Description	Date Added
2: Creating an HTML Application	21	In Step 5, the reference to "appID" should be just "id".	October 25, 2008
2: Creating an HTML Application	28	In the first tip, the "-package" argument is erroneously duplicated.	October 25, 2008
4: Basic Concepts and Code	59	In the last full sentence in the left column, the word "queue" should be "cue".	July 09, 2008
7: Creating Menus	117	In the first bullet, the second reference to air.NativeWindow should have a capital "n" in "Native".	July 09, 2008
9: Files and Directories	168	Step 1 erroneously has you create an anonymous function. The script actually defines an actual function which is then called when the page loads.	November 05, 2008
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Chapter	Introduction Ch 1: Running Air Applications Ch 2: Creating an HTML Application Ch 3: AIR Development Tools Ch 4: Basic Concepts and Code Ch 5: Debugging Ch 6: Making Windows Ch 7: Creating Menus Ch 8: Importing and Exporting Data Ch 9: Files and Directories Ch 10: Working with File Content Ch 11: Using Databases Ch 12: Database Techniques Ch 13: Networking Ch 14: Using Other Media Ch 15: Security Techniques Ch 16: Deploying Applications
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