The third Macromedia developer relations podcast drops a mentions of a new cool feature for the coming Maelstrom. Flash 8 will feature a ExtrenalInterface class for ActionScript that allows a developer to enable external programs to call functions in their Flash project. It also allows ActionScript to make calls to those external programs. This means that Flash projects created for Flash player 8 and later (Maelstrom+) can call Javascript without the use of the Flash JavaScript Integration kit. The podcast even mentions the possibility of having a C# program call a function in an embedded flash file and vice-versa. The FlashCoders Wiki has more information on this new feature and even a code snippet to show exactly how to use it.
