Run C++ code or an executable from Flex?

Is there any way of running or calling C++ code from within
flex?
If it isn't, can you run an ordinary executable file from
within flex and maybe after that read the result file generated by
that executable?
Thanks for your help!

jverd wrote:
I would not recommend SWIG here. It's almost certianly more general, and hence more complex, than what the OP needs.I would recommend SWIG. It's easy to use and you don't have to battle with the intricacies of JNI. And once you're familiar with it Java/C++ interfacing becomes less of a hassle onwards.
The only problem with the SWIG generality is efficiency. Using JNI directly may be more efficient. But as always, it's better to start with a high-level general solution and later consider replacing it with something more efficient if there's a need.

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* Java Engine for Matlab via Java Native Interface (JNI) 
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* 
* Date: 04.04.03
* 
* Copyright (c) 2003 Andreas Klimke, Universit�t Stuttgart
* 
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
* obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
* files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
* restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
* modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
* of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
* 
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
* 
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
* OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
* NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
* HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
* WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
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* @author W. Andreas Klimke, University of Stuttgart
* ([email protected])
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#endif
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