I think that project description may boil down to the question "How can I display a Java applet within a SWF in my audience's various browsers?" (If I'm understanding the wrong question from the project description, then please advise.)
If I'm looking at the correct question, then there is no direct answer, because web browsers can allocate a rectangular area of the screen to browser extensions like plugins and applets. Browser technology does not offer a way to literally put an applet inside a plugin's display. That said, though, there may be ways to get an effect similar to what you wish: a) You could *try* WMODE overlay support, but this varies with browser, and even when it worked would probably be a little strange, to try to overlay an applet atop a plugin. b) Another technique to give the appearance of an applet within a SWF would be to put a frame of SWF around the applet: four individual SWFs, placed seamlessly together, with the applet in the center. That's five engines running simultaneously, though, and could also be strange in some browsers. c) Other possibilities would depend on what communication abilities your scanning applet possesses -- it could send image data to the server which is then dynamically loaded by a single SWF, or might be able to pass numeric image data to the browser which then passes it to the SWF which then uses imaging techniques to create the image from the data, etc. I'm guessing we're talking about getting image data from a desktop photoscanner here, where the user might put in a photo and see the material in their web browser. If so, then it seems simple to just use the applet in the regular way, either in the same HTML page or in its own popup window... most users would find it natural to see and approve a photoscan in a new window, I think. But at this point I can't offer design tips on the project; all I know is that browsers do not tend to let you display an applet within a plugin. Maybe one of the above paths could lead you where you wish...? jd -- John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
