Jim's right. This is way beyond the scope of Flex by itself. I feel like a broken record because I keep suggesting Red5 (http://osflash.org/red5) on this list, but in this case (like many others) It could be just what you need. It in this scenario Red5 would be used as a sort of proxy to do the Bluetooth communication.
There are some Java libraries for bluetooth that you could hook up and use with Red5. Or you could use JNI to do the communication to a C++ application. Then you could have calls from Flex/Flash sent either through RTMP or remoting then get broadcasted to your Bluetooth device via this Java API. There's also a book on the subject of using Bluetooth with Java: http://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Java-Bruce-Hopkins/dp/1590590783 I certainly think that it would be a pretty cool and novel way of using these technologies. I would love to hear more about it if you have some success getting this to work. I hope this helps and good luck. -Chris On 3/2/07, Jim Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Chiverton wrote: > > > Does the bluetooth keyboard work without Flex, i.e. with Notepad ? > > If not, it's not Flex's fault, and we can't help. > > If it's something that's not handled natively by Windows (for instance, > Bluetooth keyboard or mouse), getting it to work with Flex is probably > beyond the scope of this list. > > Gunadi's best bet at that point would be to access the appropriate > driver for the device using an adapter program and exposing the API to > it for Flex to use via a socket or ActiveX control. If an ActiveX > control already exists for accessing the particular Bluetooth device, a > third party extender like Zinc or SWF Studio might be able to do the > trick via direct API calls. > > Unfortunately, such solutions are more hackish than not and are unlikely > to work well outside of IE (with additional trusted ActiveX controls) or > a third party wrapper to the SWF. > > Jim Cheng > effectiveUI > > > > -- > 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 > > > >
