I don't believe you can access other applications on the system directly unless they are other AIR/Flex applications that you've written. If you were able to do this, it would be a very large security concern.
-- William --- In [email protected], "pirzadaz_ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I need help with a project I am working on. Here is what I am trying to > do but not sure how to approach it. > > I want to develop an application that runs on users desktop (AIR with > Flex) in the background and an icon appears somewhere in system tray; > let's call this application DA. The DA will check the application > currently in focus on users screen such as notepad or word pad. I want > to check counts of words that appear on the active screen for > pre-determined keywords. The keywords are stored in an Access or text > file. > Once a match is found DA can show how many times that word appeared as a > pop up alert. > > Any ideas how I can go about this or what technologies I should be > looking into further. Any resouces? >
