Which is the best way to monitor USB port with flex or flash?

I want to write an application that monitor the USB port, and when something is connect开发者_如何学JAVAed should show the contents of the drive (image viewer) automatically.

there is any way to do that with Flex/Flash directly? or i might program another application in C in order to monitor the USB port and then comunicate with the front-end application with sockets?

Thanks br.

I believe this is possible with the AIR SDK version 2. It is unfortunately still in beta but should be out soon. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/

You might find the answer(s) to this SO question helpful: Talk to USB device and vice versa from Flex