That does help, Thanks Chris.
On Oct 15, 7:34 pm, "Chris Prince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
