Comments on: Reading and Writing Local Files in Flash Player 10

By: miguel

miguel — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:24:27 +0000

would you be kind enough to show me how to pass those values from a bytearray to a datagrid?…

By: Suma Gowda

Suma Gowda — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:46:33 +0000

Thank you soooooooooo much for sharing :)

By: Sid

Sid — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:54:06 +0000

Hey Mike,

I understand the Compilation error of your MXML is due to the fact that my Flex 3 is NOT setup for FP10.

I work in Flex. My question is – if I set it up for FP10, will my new apps in Flex 3 still run in FP9 as well. If it doesn’t, it could spell disaster for me. Please advise.

Cheers mate.

By: Sid

Sid — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:30:42 +0000

Hi Mike,

Tried to compile the 2 MXML you have given in Flex 3.

The first one produced 2 Compilation Errors.

fr.load();
&
var data:ByteArray = fr.data;

The Second one showed 1 comiplation Error

fr.save(inputField.text, DEFAULT_FILE_NAME);

I’m stumped. Can you check ‘em and revert back?

Cheers mate.

By: Francois

Francois — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:15:53 +0000

got it working, was using Flash 9.

thx for the great article

By: Francois

Francois — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:58:03 +0000

Hey…
I get the FileRefrence API, but have no save() method. Havent checked if pointing to Flash 10.

By: YoungJae

YoungJae — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:44:18 +0000

hi..
load() is until 100MB.
Can you convert big size file to ByteArray ???
not Air.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:12:33 +0000

Is it possible to call the save() command from a loaded swf? We have a preloader swf that loads in a main swf. When we do this the save() function fails from the main swf. If we remove the preloader and just start with the main file, We can save. Any workaround for this?

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By: John I.

John I. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:35:00 +0000

Mike,
Is is possible to locate a users home directory from a Flash standalone application when the application is not in the users directory? Or is a wrapper application(Zinc, mProjector, etc.) still the only way to achieve this? I’m hoping to avoid the wrapper if possible.

I would like to read/create a prefs file located somewhere in the users directory, I.E. Application Support.