We are using the Topaz capture devices and then wrote an applet ourselves to use the Topaz Java drivers. That way we can expose the Java functions for starting/stopping/clearing/capturing via JS and integrate it into our web-based app.
As to why they make it so difficult, well, Java has a fairly robust security model and the whole Applet system was set up, originally, to do a very good job of separating the code that would execute in your browser from the rest of the OS, much like how Flash wasn't able to really talk to your computer at all for a long time. This has the upside of not having the same gnarly security problems that ActiveX has had but has the downside of making it a pain in the ass to access anything outside the browser context. Cheers, Judah On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks...why do they make this so difficult? What app are you guys using? > > Er ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330485 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
