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widomin User 5 posts since
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Nov 3, 2008 3:48 PM

How to run external application

How could I call an external application like an exe file in Windows.
I read the Adobe AIR Language Reference for HTML Developers, but don' t know if it is possible.
Thanks.
ilsh User 130 posts since
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1. Nov 3, 2008 5:21 PM in response to: widomin
Re: How to run external application
Not possible under AIR 1.1.
ilsh User 130 posts since
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4. Nov 5, 2008 10:58 AM in response to: widomin
Re: How to run external application
sorry widomin, my knowledge is not enough to answer your question ...
ilsh User 130 posts since
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6. Nov 5, 2008 3:39 PM in response to: widomin
Re: How to run external application
Hi, widomin. I am very interested in how you can launch external programs with a service. Can you point to me where I can find more information on this topic ?
ilsh User 130 posts since
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8. Nov 6, 2008 12:03 AM in response to: widomin
Re: How to run external application
Thanks, widomin. It's very helpful.
PrashanthHegde User 5 posts since
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9. Apr 24, 2009 8:00 PM in response to: ilsh
Re: How to run external application

Hi All

 

Is there any other techniques (other than Socket) exist in AIR to run/load an external application?

 

Thanks in Advance

Prashanth Hegde

Christian Cantrell User 4 posts since
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10. Apr 24, 2009 9:41 PM in response to: PrashanthHegde
Re: How to run external application

Prashanth,

 

There is currently no supported way to launch external processes with AIR.  I won't say that you can't since just about anything is possible with enough ingenuity, but it's not supported.

 

This is a feature that we see a lot of requests for and that we are currently investigating for a future version of AIR.

 

Thanks,

Christian

kamran_BAE User 1 posts since
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11. Nov 2, 2009 3:27 AM in response to: widomin
Re: How to run external application

What I would have done is to develop C#/VB .net application that would run my desired executable. I would have deployed this application as Click Once deployment withan option to take in the querystring parameters.

 

for example:

 

http://myserver/external.application?param1=calc.exe

 

I would have executed the above from within adobe flex, which then would have downloaded the C#/VB .net application and would have executed your desired application, in this case calc.exe. (ofcourse in C#/VB .net application above I would have invoked calc.exe to run). So all in all I would have wrapped the call of calc.exe in my custom C#/VB .net application.

 

thanks

scholarpack User 36 posts since
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12. Nov 2, 2009 1:44 PM in response to: kamran_BAE
Re: How to run external application

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