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JavaAX is an Open Source Active X/COM object bridge for Java. It allows Java Developers to incorporate both visual and non-visual Active X components in Java applications. JavaAX will also expose commonly used Win32 APIs to Java Developers (Mostly the APIs required for the ActiveX bridging, however some other commonly used APIs may be exposed as well). The entire point of the JavaAX project is to make the life of Java Developers easier and more productive on Windows without having them worry about writing their own JNI libraries for the native Windows functionality and component reuse!

The JavaAX project is planned to be carried out in two development phases. The first development phase, is to create specific Java-ActiveX bridge wrappers around popular or common ActiveX components such as Flash, PDF, IE (Although you can do this already with Java), Media Player, etc. The second development phase will be to build upon the base of phase 1 and create an ActiveX stub and code generator that will allow developers to automatically generate the code need to wrap any ActiveX component. Phase 2 however is a long way off.

• JavaAX Source Forge Site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/javaax/
• Download JavaAX Version 0.9 Alpha - Source and Binaries
• See Release History Notes - Detailed List of Supported Components, Win32 APIs, and other features of the JavaAX framework...
• Documentation - Coming Soon!
• Important Notices:
  • You need Adobe Flash Player 9 installed to run the Flash Bridge and the Demo Player. (Examples of Required OCX Files: Flash9.ocx, Flash9[a-c].ocx)
• Bridged ActiveX Components:
  • Adobe Flash - In Alpha Release
  • Windows Media Player - In Alpha Release
  • Microsoft Excel - In Development
• Exposed Win32 APIs:
  • GetWindowsHandleByTitle (FindWindow)
  • GetWindowsHandle (Via JAWT JNI)
  • AlwaysOnTop (SetWindowPos)
  • Windows MCI Multi-Media Win32 API (mciSendString)
• Screen Captures:
  • Windows Media Player Integration:
    
  • Adobe/Macromedia Flash Integration:
    
  • Windows MCI Win32 API (Non-ActiveX) Integration:
    
• JavaAX is a RogueLogic Open Source Project!