I've embedded a swf file in an Eclipse plugin and enabled back and forth communication using just 'fscommand'. It was a while ago and was quite easy to do this - using Flash MX 2004.
I have no doubts about being able to do this using today's Flash Player runtime. ExternalInterface should work fine. I will whip up a proof of concept when I find some time. Thanks, Om On Oct 3, 2012 5:24 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <apa...@teotigraphix.com> wrote: > In closing, if I knew ActionScript had a future and I was rich and had a > bunch of geek friends that I played music with, I would start an opensource > IDE using the Eclipse platform and the new Falcon compiler and start all > over taking a minimalistic approach. > > No kitchen sink, just absolutely required functionality. We would then be > in control of our own universe and anybody that wanted to use it, extend > it, hate it, love it would be welcome since it would be the Apache Flex IDE > plugin. ;-) > > Mike > > > Quoting Roland Zwaga <rol...@stackandheap.com>: > > This is like playing with a video game, it looks fun but really has no >> bearing on the discussion other than having a realization that we could >> use >> a socket for communication. >> >> >>> And for that matter, the client code (Eclipse Java) is buried in FDT, I >>> don't even think they give access to that, just the ActionScript API >>> side. >>> >>> So all in all, this is still a proprietary idea from FDT. >>> >>> >>> I was afraid of that. But also understandable, they built this API in >> order >> to drive more customers to FDT, I can't blame them... >> >> > -- > Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC > http://www.teotigraphix.com > http://blog.teotigraphix.com > >
