Ynneb,
I'm back
Okay first, I know a little bit about programing but I work mainly with CAD/CAM,3D and Flash/HTML. I have friends and colleges that know much more.
Art and all of his talented team members are super smart and have super talents, I would like to see Flash as a part of Mach 3/4/5 and promoting a direction for them to consider and they probably all ready know everything I'm about to say anyways but as desighners we all know how nice it is to work in Flash.
Ynneb, hope this helps us get Flash support in Mach 3/4/5
So with that said this is what I have:
ways to communicate between the two languages:fscommand() function1. To control a SWF file in Flash Player from web browser scripting languages such as JavaScript, VB Script, and Microsoft JScript, you can use Flash Player methods--functions that send messages from a host environment to the SWF file. For example, you could have a link in an HTML page that sends your SWF file to a specific frame.
In Visual Basic, Visual C++, and other programs that can host ActiveX controls, fscommand() sends a VB event with two strings that can be handled in the environment's programming language.
External API2. The ExternalInterface class is also called the External API, which is a new subsystem that lets you easily communicate from ActionScript and the Flash Player container to an HTML page with JavaScript or to a desktop application that embeds Flash Player.
Compile the programme with objects that will have API dependency's in VB or C+.
You can bring Flash in to VB script but at the end of the projects compile it with Active X API dependency's.
Here are some places to read up:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00001597.htmlhttp://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00001595.htmlYou can have your own ActiveX controls running in IE that can communicate
with Flash player.
If standalone, the you need to look at third party wrapper tools such as
SwfStudio, mProjector, Zinc, flaProjector etc.
Look at External Interface
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00002200.html*I'll have an interface demo using the above formula soon.
-Zealouse