--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Shailesh Mangal <shailesh.man...@...> wrote: > > Have you looked at Merapi? > > You can either use JNI with Merapi to call you dll or write similar > socket based bridge in C++ > > -Shailesh > > On Feb 22, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Priya Shah 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 > > > > >
... or using a python sockets server - see flexiBoard on riaforge.
