I'd say it depends on what you like and what you're familiar with. Just out of curiosity, I opened Delphi 7 and in less than 2 minutes I had a Google Maps desktop application up and running, and yes, I could manipulate the javascript from the Delphi code! ;-)
-- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- On Nov 20, 4:32 pm, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that Google has relaxed its Terms of Service for the API to allow > free desktop applications -- assuming the legal ambiguities are > cleared up -- I have been thinking about the possibilities that opens > up. I can think of several possible applications that would entail > reading and writing from the local file system, and/or database > connection, in conjunction with the API. > > But since the API is Javascript-based, and Javascript wants to execute > inside a browser with attendant security restrictions, I am wondering > what the best options are. I suppose a local app could include a > wrapper around an embedded browser. I have looked at Windows HTA, but > it is pretty limited. Windows Scripting Host will run Javascript, but > I don't see how it would have access to the Google API library. > > Has anyone thought of a good generalized platform for developing such > local applications? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
