--- In [email protected], "mswallacecoder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a friend that would posed a question on another user group that > I am on and was wondering if any of you might have a solution. > > Here is the questions that was posed. > > "hey all... i have a question that i've been trying to find an answer > to, and figured that maybe there would be an off chance that there > would be someone here who would have an answer. i've been in the > process of building a client / server application that uses some > system calls for things like keyboard / mouse detection and file > system change detection... and it's built in C++ using TrollTech's Qt > cross platform application development environment... (basically a set > of cross platform gui tools). http://trolltech.com/ > > anyhow... the web interface for this project is using flex with > ColdFusion, and we wanted to take advantage of the cross platform > capabilities within Apollo using Flex for the client instead of the > proof of concept using Qt and C++. > > the problem is, i have not come across anything within AS3 that will > allow me to make calls to the system for the things that i need, and > it does not seem that i can extend existing components written in .NET > or make API calls to the OS at all. it seems that Apollo will give me > access to the file system, but only on a read / write basis... and > this is too high a level for what i'm needing the application to do. > > so... i guess that my question is... has anyone had any experience > with making OS level system calls to MAC or Windows using AS3? " > > thanks, > -Matthew >
You need to take a look at SWFKit... http://www.swfkit.com . I believe you're out of luck with Apollo and Flex calling into the OS that way.
