As far as I know Adobe's made no public announcement regarding native code in AIR apps, and it really sort of defeats the purpose if you ask me. I can imagine however that adding specific extensions into AIR itself to talk to proprietary single-platform systems such as ODBC is unlikely to ever happen. As much as I don't care for it, I'm sure a native-code interface of some sort will be included eventually, and I'm also sure that a third party will leverage it to create and sell what you're after. But if you want a direct Application <-> Jet interface, you're stuck with .net for the forseeable future.
-Josh On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:09 AM, pbrendanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand the tcp approach but that's just a really > roundabout/indirect approach vs a direct db connection of some sort > (maybe native drivers if ODBC is not your thing - again look at the > Python libraries) . > > I'd be curious to hear the official Adobe position on this and whether > this is a feature they may offer in the future. Since AIR allows access > to the file system (XML or csv text files only AFAIK) I can see folks > asking for other access to other file types (e.g. MS Excel). I can also > understand that Adobe may see this somewhat problematic from a > marketing/product positioning/support standpoint. > > FWIW I don't think this issue will go away if AIR gets real traction in > the market place. There are just so many desktop database apps out there > that are begging to be web enabled. > > Just my $0.02c- > Patrick > > > > --- In [email protected], "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That being said, I know you can do ODBC over tcp, so if you've got > some sort > > of server available that can route from odbc over tcp to a local file > DSN, > > you could probably write a socket ODBC client for AIR, and then charge > > people in your position a fortune to use it. People stuck in > Windows-world > > seem to be used to that sort of thing. Sounds like pain though :D > > > > -Josh > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Josh McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > It's pretty evil. I'd just ship a 30-lines-of-c# utility to pull the > data > > > out and put it in something standard that your air app can > understand. > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for > thee." > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
