Just use AIR and Shu <http://shu-player.com> .
Simple. --- In [email protected], Priya Shah <shahpriya...@...> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am in dire need of being able to call a C++ app or service on Mac from > flex. I am willing to go the AIR way for this though that's not optimal. I > have spent some time trying to figure out the Netscape plugin architecture > which is supported on safari but it's sub-optimal for me to go that route. > > I already have a C++ dll that I have invoked with flex on the Windows side > using an Active/X plugin successfully. Now I need to compile the dll into > some format on Mac and then communicate back and forth with flex. > > I have seen some open source bridge projects that enclose flash player in an > MFC object but that doesn't help me on mac. > > Is it as simple as doing some Netstream class from flex to connect to either > an app or a service (if there are services on Mac like there are on Windows) > and just do a localhost communication back and forth? If so, what are the > limitations of such approaches? Any sample apps out there? > > Regards > Priyanka >

