ACTIONSCRIPT 3 Developer’s Guide en

ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 DEVELOPER’S GUIDE
Working with local SQL databases in AIR
Instance name Component type Description
instructions Label Contains the instructions given to the user
passwordInput TextInput Input field where the user enters the password
openButton Button Button the user clicks after entering the password
statusMsg Label Displays status (success or failure) messages
The code for the application is defined on a keyframe on frame 1 of the main timeline. The following is the code for
the application:
import com.adobe.air.crypto.EncryptionKeyGenerator;
const dbFileName:String = "encryptedDatabase.db";
var dbFile:File;
var createNewDB:Boolean = true;
var conn:SQLConnection;
init();
// ------- Event handling -------
function init():void
{
passwordInput.displayAsPassword = true;
openButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openConnection);
statusMsg.setStyle("textFormat", new TextFormat(null, null, 0x990000));
conn = new SQLConnection();
dbFile = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath(dbFileName);
if (dbFile.exists)
{
createNewDB = false;
instructions.text = "Enter your database password to open the encrypted database.";
openButton.label = "Open Database";
}
else
{
instructions.text = "Enter a password to create an encrypted database. The next time
you open the application, you will need to re-enter the password to open the database again.";
openButton.label = "Create Database";
}
}
function openConnection(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var keyGenerator:EncryptionKeyGenerator = new EncryptionKeyGenerator();
var password:String = passwordInput.text;
if (password == null || password.length