Flash Desktop App with Com Port

Does anyone have any idea how to build a Flash desktop
application for windows that basically provides a nice GUI to
send/recieve very basic data to/from a serial/com port?
Cheers,
Chris :-)

Thanks rritchey,
I'm also looking into running Flash inside VB. Looks like the
easiest solution so far, although I was hoping for something more
simplistic.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashslideshow/
http://www.anim-fx.com/flash-tutorials/insertvb6.html
Other ideas still welcome.
Cheers,
Chris.

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