adobe AIR supports both opaque and transparent application windows. Transparent windows let the operating system's desktop show through, while opaque windows obscure the desktop area behind them.
An AIR window can use the borders, title bar, menu bar, and window control buttons (known collectively as system chrome ) that are standard for the operating system. Your application uses the standard system chrome elements when the <systemChrome>
element in the application descriptor file is set to standard (the default setting). A window that uses system chrome is always opaque.
The Flex WindowedApplication component provides an alternate set of window chrome elements and a rectangular window frame. The WindowedApplication component's window is always opaque as well.
If you want your application to be transparent, it should not use system chrome or the WindowedApplication component. This means that the application must provide its own mechanisms for controlling the window and its background.