Take a look at the flash.desktop.Update class - call the update() method on the AIR file in question rather than using URLLoader().
There's a code snippet that does what you want here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=updating_apps_1.html HTH, Ian On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:24 AM, vladakg85<vladak...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I have one air application. Now I want to make custom update (no default, I > want my component) and I made it to download new application version to my > app folder now I need to install it, but I don't know how to invoke > newVersion.air from action script code??? > I try with this but doesn't work: > > var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("file:///c:\Documents and > Settings\vvucetic.newVersion.air"); > var rld:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); > rld.load(req); > > fscommand("exec", "file:///c:\Documents and > Settings\vvucetic.newVersion.air"); > >
