Communication between c++ and actionscript 3

Question

Is it possible to use any IPC mechanism for calling a c++ api from Adobe Flash actionscript? Are there any good examples?

Update: I primarily want it for desktop ap

Answer 1

Some time ago I read about ActiveX support in flash. Perhaps you could write a ActiveX wrapper around your C++ Api and call it this way. With Air 2.0 you have another possibility - you can invoke external programs. If you write a command line wrapper around your api you could call it that way.