You may be better off finding a Java based virtual keyboard (Like http://www.noamik.de/wiki/index.php/Virtual_Keyboard) and using Merapi (http://merapiproject.net/) to exchange data.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "andr01dm" <andr0...@...> wrote: > > Hello. :) > > I'm building a kiosk app in AIR, in which I need to load an .html page using > the HTML control, and on that page is a .swf movie. I've gotten this far > without a problem. > > In the loaded .swf movie there are text inputs which I need to have the user > type into. But here's the catch; since this has to operate as a kiosk on a > touchscreen PC I need to build a touchscreen keyboard in the AIR app and pipe > the user's input into the text input fields in the loaded .swf > > I'm not certain how to approach this, but I can re-code the loaded .swf file, > so I was thinking of setting up public methods in that .swf which the AIR app > calls to pass in the user's input from the AIR keyboard buttons. > > Is there a way to set up a reference connection between the loaded .swf and > the containing AIR app, so that they can call one another's public methods? > > -[a]- >