Thanks for asking, Alan. Gears probably isn't the best choice for this. The question has come up a couple times before, and the consensus is that security issues are a blocker for interfacing with arbitrary external hardware.
Hope that helps, --Chris On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Arctic Giraffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm afraid I know nothing about Gears but could do with an answer to > my question below to work out if it's worth going further with the > Gears route of development. Apologies if this turns out to be a > 'stupid question'. > > I have a hardware peripheral that I want to use to interact with a web > server. I have binaries for the peripheral and an accompanying API in > the form of a MS Visual C++ project which I'd like to use. > The question is: Is it possible to implement this interaction between > an external windows application (built using MS Visual C++) and a web > application made with Gears? > > Some basic requirements I have for this interaction are listed below. > > 1. Ability to open a web browser - start web application > 2. Ability to transfer data between hardware peripheral and web > application > 3. Ability of the web application to call routines on the hardware > peripheral through the windows application running it. > 4. Ability of the hardware peripheral windows application to call > routines in the Gears web application. > > I assume there are some clever security features in Gears that might > well prevent this? > > I would be very interested to hear any recommendations of alternative > approaches if Gears is not appropriate. > > Thanks for reading, > > Alan >
