Native process example

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public var process:NativeProcess; 

[Bindable] 
public var output:String = "waiting..."; 

private function onAppComplete():void 
{ 
    if( NativeProcess.isSupported ) 
        setupAndLaunch(); 
    else 
        output = "Not supported"; 
} 

private function setupAndLaunch():void 
{ 
    var npsi:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo(); 
    var file:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("MousePos.exe"); 
    
    npsi.executable = file; process = new NativeProcess(); process.start( npsi ); 

    process.addEventListener( ProgressEvent.STANDARD_OUTPUT_DATA, onOutputData );      
    process.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.STANDARD_ERROR_DATA, onErrorData); 
    process.addEventListener(NativeProcessExitEvent.EXIT, onExit); 
    process.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.STANDARD_OUTPUT_IO_ERROR, onIOError); 
    process.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.STANDARD_ERROR_IO_ERROR, onIOError); 
} 

private function onClosing():void 
{ 
    if( process ) 
        process.exit(true); 
} 

private function onOutputData( event:ProgressEvent ):void 
{ 
    output = process.standardOutput.readUTFBytes( process.standardOutput.bytesAvailable ); 
} 

private function onErrorData(event:ProgressEvent):void 
{ 
    output = "ERROR -" + process.standardError.readUTFBytes(process.standardError.bytesAvailable); 
} 

private function onExit(event:NativeProcessExitEvent):void 
{ 
    output = "Process exited with " + event.exitCode; 
} 

private function onIOError(event:IOErrorEvent):void 
{ 
    output = event.toString(); 
}