Why would one want to export to Adobe Air from Dashboard Design one may ask? Well, here is some background on what a widget is.
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Widgets are interactive virtual tools that provide single-purpose services such as showing the user the latest news, the current weather, the time, a calendar, a dictionary, a map program, a calculator, desktop notes, photo viewers, or even a language translator—Wikipedia.
Widgets are:
Lightweight
Reside on desktop
Have a simple, non-distracting interface
Provide valuable information in real time
Easy interface for performing common tasks
The ability to create Adobe Air Applets from a Dashboard Design dashboard is very important because it allows us to harness the power of Dashboard Design to create simple widgets that connect to live data with the same look and feel we get from our well known Dashboard Design components. An example of a three-gauge widget is shown next:
In this recipe, we will create a widget...