Hi all,
I am just wondering if it is possible...
This is what i mean: let's say that I have a piece of C/C++ software doing some beautiful (intensive) computations :-) and I want to build a GUI for it. Flash could be cool due to large availability of special effects around on the WEB.
I would need a data exchanging mechanism between the C++ routine and the GUI (in both directions) and some kind of notification messages.
Maybe I can host the flash player plugin into a wxHTML or similar window?


Any ideas? It's too crazy ;-) ?
Luigi

It all depends on the flash, is it capable of calling other programs?, does it even has a basic stdin stdout capabilities, etc..?

When I was building GUI interfaces for the web what I tended to do was write a CGI C/C++ program that apache would call, and it would write HTML/Javascript backout to the user. It was a simple interface program, and would then itself call other C/C++ programs, with the options the users had select to do any real work.

I suppose you could do the same with flash if it is capable of calling other programs.

Hi leonscape,
some flash expert is definitively needed ;-)
I should add to my wish list what I prefere not to have other programs running to make the comunication possible, for example: flash --> server with php --> C++ would *not* be nice for me.

Luigi

i think this is what tcl/tk is designed for.
You do the GUI in tcl/tk and link in your C code
to do the copmutation stuff.

You _can_ interface Flash with Visual C++ using the fscommand (via a VB Event) but given that this is a linux programming forum I doubt that's an option for you.

To learn more about the fscommand click here .

Good luck!

Hi pperon,
thank you for the hint, but unfortunately this method does not suite my needs.... A shared memory segment or a socket would be also nice.

It seems difficult/impossible....... Any idea?

Luigi

Using sockets with C++ and Flash may be impossible, yes. However, (and I've never used XML sockets with Flash) you can do it with Java as seen on this site...

XML Sockets using Java and Flash

perhaps a comparable server could be written in C++...?

I'm not sure.

Hi pperon,
it seems to me a good starting point! I believe that every socket operation that can be performed in Java has a counterpart in C, so maybe I can try....

Thank you again!
Luigi