ByteArray and ExternalInterface

Hi,
I have a bitmap data which I can convert to a byteArray and then encode to a png or jpg. In Apollo i can save the png to disc.

I now need to do the same in a C# desktop application. I have used externalInterface to communicate between flash and the c# but it serialises all data as XML and cannot serialise a byteArray. I have seen examples that use AMF or a socket to communicate with a server but I dont think method will work for communicating with a desktop app. Is there any way of converting a byteArray into a string to be send to the c# and decoded?
Or is there any other method?

help on this would be much appreciated as i am v. curfudled :confused:

You can base64 encode it, then send that as a plain string to be decoded later. This will inflate the size a bit, but probably not more than about 10%. I found a base64 actionscript library a while back and will link it here in a minute.

I'm not sure if this is the same one I downloaded before. There appear to be a few of them out there: http://dynamicflash.com/2006/09/acti...ncoderdecoder/

Regardless, I used mine to do a proof of concept where I could png or jpg encode a bitmap, then export it to the hosting webpage with javascript, to be rendered there as a plain graphic.

Amazing! I was going round in circles. will work on this now but think your solution will do the trick. Thank you so much 5Tons - brilliant!

It worked! now the flash can tell the desktop app to save an image to the hard drive. nice. thanks again