Call a Java Applet from Flex

Question

Hi all!

I'm working on Flex application and I need to open a Java Applet from Flex (e.g. clicking a button). In particular I'd like to open imageJ, a particular imaging program that could work as application, applet or be integrated in a web page. Is there a way to call it from Flex? I've seen a couple of tutorials that explain how to call a single function in another Java file from Flex, but I'm not so sure that it is what I'm looking for. Thanks for your answers, cheers,

David

Answer 1

I don't know if there's a better way, but if I was doing it, I'd write a JavaScript function that would load the Java applet (could be as simple as document.write("<object …>")), then use Flex's ExternalInterface to call that JavaScript.