I think this may be done with AIR since 2.0 version using NativeProcess
. I don't know if you can run a .exe file (because of the security issues) but I know you can run python scripts (I've done it) so you can make a python script who calls your .exe file
Here is the (commented) example from the Help of NativeProcess
:
// ...
// package and imports declarations
// ...
public class NativeProcessExample extends Sprite
{
// this is the process
public var process:NativeProcess;
public function NativeProcessExample()
{
// we have to know if we can run NativeProcess
if(NativeProcess.isSupported)
setupAndLaunch();
else
trace("NativeProcess not supported.");
}
public function setupAndLaunch():void
{
// we create a NativeProcessStartupInfo, this will tell the what process do you want to run
var nativeProcessStartupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
var file:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("test.py");
nativeProcessStartupInfo.executable = file;
// now create the arguments Vector to pass it to the executable file
var processArgs:Vector.<String> = new Vector.<String>();
processArgs[0] = "foo";
nativeProcessStartupInfo.arguments = processArgs;
// create the process
process = new NativeProcess();
// listen to events for I/O and Errors
process.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.STANDARD_OUTPUT_DATA, onOutputData);
process.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.STANDARD_ERROR_DATA, onErrorData);
process.addEventListener(NativeProcessExitEvent.EXIT, onExit);
process.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.STANDARD_OUTPUT_IO_ERROR, onIOError);
process.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.STANDARD_ERROR_IO_ERROR, onIOError);
// run it!
process.start(nativeProcessStartupInfo);
}
// event handlers
public function onOutputData(event:ProgressEvent):void
{
trace("Got: ", process.standardOutput.readUTFBytes(process.standardOutput.bytesAvailable));
}
public function onErrorData(event:ProgressEvent):void
{
trace("ERROR -", process.standardError.readUTFBytes(process.standardError.bytesAvailable));
}
public function onExit(event:NativeProcessExitEvent):void
{
trace("Process exited with ", event.exitCode);
}
public function onIOError(event:IOErrorEvent):void
{
trace(event.toString());
}
}
I hope this helps