I don't know about others but this seems, to me, to be a very difficult route to take.
Have you looked at the Merapi Project (http://www.merapiproject.net/)? This would give you a bridge between your AIR application and the local Java implementation. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jules Suggate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi list, long-time-no-post :) > > I've a gnarly one here. > > I contract to a VC funded startup formed to create a cross-platform desktop > client. Unfortunately AIR's APIs are not low-level enough (e.g. you can't > burn a CD with AIR). We've looked at Zinc, Shu Player, Janus and the rest > but Zinc and Janus don't support MacOS very well and the legal issues around > Shu Player make us wary of using it. This is a consumer-facing app and needs > to be squeaky clean. > > How about embedding the NPAPI FP10 in a Java process? That would be > cross-platform, and we could use NPRuntime to interact seamlessly from Java. > > The Flash Player license allows us to automate download of the FP10 > installer, however these are the problems we still face: > > - If a user doesn't have the player installed, there will be a two-step > install process (one for the player, one for our app), which is sooo 90s > - We can't legally change the install location of the NPAPI plugin, so if > we automate downloads of the NPAPI FP10 and the user doesn't have Mozilla > installed it's unclear what we should do > - Not sure if we can specify the kind of Player (NPAPI vs ActiveX) to > download from adobe.com if the user is on Windows > > Even for the base case (a user with Mozilla and the NPAPI FP10 plugin > installed prior to install of our app), should we talk this over with Adobe > legal? > > Has anyone heard of Adobe entering into custom licensing agreements for this > kind of thing (and I mean, actual bonafide true stories, not conjecture > based on Adobe's licensing page making passing reference)? > > Hope this hits someone's cache! > > Cheers, > Jules > -- > Jules Suggate > Owner and Technical Lead > Uphill Sprint Limited > > +64-21-157-8562 >
