remote control

[Hyperdelicious]

I am having a piece of computer software developed. It will control a camera connected to the server. The software controls functions such as pan, tilt, and zoom. The software will also have the capability of controling audio from the camera and an attached microphone (for live chat). The software will also be able to turn on and off the above listed items...

My question -- Is it possible to create a web application that can remotely access and run the software?

If so -- What programming language(s) should be used? Could this be done using PHP, Javascript, Flash (w/actionscripting)?

Please advise.

[1lln3ss]

Yes and No. (I don't know anyting about flash so... I don't know)

When you execute a script (or executable) from any other location than localy, the script is not executed on the computer where the script is. The computer (OS) calling the script copies the script from its original location into memory or hard drive (depend on OS and OS version) and then executes it locally. This is true even when a network drive is mounted in your computer (T:\ mapping \\servername\ share for example).

For example, if you write a VB script doing a file listing of the C:\ drive and you put this script in some other computer. When you will launch the script remotely, the file listing will match the files of the computer that triggered the script execution and not those of the computer where the script is physically.

You will need to find some appz or create one (like PSTools for example) that allows you to do such a thing.

Also, you need to log into the remote machine with a user that have enough rights to do what you need to do.

I hope this will help you understand how this whole Remote thing works!

[AdamGundry]

Please don't cross-post. This discussion is going on in the PHP (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65587) and ASP (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65586) forums.

Adam