I understand the tcp approach but that's just a really roundabout/indirect approach vs a direct db connection of some sort (maybe native drivers if ODBC is not your thing - again look at the Python libraries) .
I'd be curious to hear the official Adobe position on this and whether this is a feature they may offer in the future. Since AIR allows access to the file system (XML or csv text files only AFAIK) I can see folks asking for other access to other file types (e.g. MS Excel). I can also understand that Adobe may see this somewhat problematic from a marketing/product positioning/support standpoint. FWIW I don't think this issue will go away if AIR gets real traction in the market place. There are just so many desktop database apps out there that are begging to be web enabled. Just my $0.02c- Patrick --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That being said, I know you can do ODBC over tcp, so if you've got some sort > of server available that can route from odbc over tcp to a local file DSN, > you could probably write a socket ODBC client for AIR, and then charge > people in your position a fortune to use it. People stuck in Windows-world > seem to be used to that sort of thing. Sounds like pain though :D > > -Josh > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It's pretty evil. I'd just ship a 30-lines-of-c# utility to pull the data > > out and put it in something standard that your air app can understand. > > > > -Josh > > > > > > > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
