Further, A Flex client app can communicate up to its host Browser, in several ways. So, if you can put an activeX control, or a signed applet, or some other sandbox breaker into your html host page, you can communicate with it fairly easily.
Tracy -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Dowdell Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 8:01 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex & external desktop application communication superabe wrote: > I know Flex excels at communicating with server-side data sources. > Is there any way for a flex app to communicate with a desktop application installed on the same machine as where the app is being viewed (in a controlled kiosk environment for e.g.) Key concept: You may develop a SWF in any of several ways, but this file runs within the Macromedia Flash Player, usually (but not necessarily) in a browser. So this becomes: Can plugins in browsers invoke executable code on the desktop? The answer to this is "Not usually, because of the severe security risks this implies" -- document browsers are designed to promiscuously visit site after site after site, so there is great risk in letting things on your hard drive invisibly execute. I don't know what type of communication you're seeking -- data exchange, switch of focus, one-way web service -- there could be ways to achieve the goal, depending on just what that goal was. Sorry I don't have a useful "here ya go!" answer, but the above is the background towards finding it. jd -- John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
