Hi Daniel, There isn't an easy solution for AIR - can I ask why you're using AIR if it doesn't do what you want it to?
There _is_ a way of doing it with AIR, but it's tricky. What you'd need to do is to create a standalone socket server on your host machine that interfaces with the relevant hardware; then talk to that server from AIR by opening a socket to it. HTH, Ian On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Daniel Boey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Thanks for the reply. > > I failed to mention that I be deploying the kiosk with Adobe AIR and because > of that wrappers wouldn't be able to support it as per Adobe's licensing for > the runtime, unless I'm mistaken which I hope I am. > > - Daniel - > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Daniel, >> A number of Flash wrappers (i.e. programs to turn Flash movies into >> .exe files) can handle extensions (.dlls) written in native code. So >> you could write or buy extensions to interface with almost anything at >> a system level - without additional dialogs etc. >> >> Northcode's SWFStudio does it: http://www.northcode.com/swfstudio.php >> >> SWHX also does it: http://www.haxe.org/com/libs/swhx >> >> And I know Zinc (much as I despise it's instability and bugginess) >> does it: http://www.multidmedia.com/software/zinc/ >> >> HTH, >> Ian >> >> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Daniel Boey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi people, >> > >> > I've got a project that requires hardware communication between a Flash >> > kiosk-projector and a few hardwares (eg: scanner, biometric fingerprint >> > reader, smart card reader). >> > What is required is that all this are to be operated seamlessly without >> any >> > other application dialogs popping up over the Flash interface. >> > After days and weeks of scouring the net, I wasn't able to even stumble >> upon >> > any clue on this. >> > >> > Is this even possible at all? If yes, can Flash handle all the >> communication >> > between APIs natively or what other ways is required to go about it? >> > >> > I do hope there'd reply in spite of how busy you all may be. >> > >> > -- >> > Thanks & Best regards, >> > Daniel Boey >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Flashcoders mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > > > -- > Thanks & Best regards, > Daniel Boey > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
