From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Spratt
Sent: mercredi 6 juillet 2005 3:13
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex & external desktop application communication
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
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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
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