All, Currently I'm using AJAX to provide a near-realtime user interface to a network connected data acquisition system (it has no display other than a few LED's). Thus, the web page supplied by the TCP/IP stack (built into the RTOS) is the GUI.
I was asked if Flash (Adobe) could be used to improve the GUI. After a few disgusting attempts to work with Adobe, I gave up in frustration. Seems if you want any information, one has to purchase the product first. Whatever! Perhaps Gnash can be used in place of Flash, but I need a few answers to some basic questions. First, Gnash seems to be just the player, not the set of tools used to create the interface/art - correct? Is there an open source tool to do the design work? It looks like Flash needs some special software on the server, and it runs only under desktop/server OS's. I have a RTOS running on a 16-bit microcontroller, so how can it work with the Gnash player? The AJAX system simply uses CGI's written in C to provide the functionality (form verification, setting changes, data requests). Finally, has anyone done something like this before? Thank you for your time and comments. Dave, -- dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail...
