sounds like a good bit of asynchronous fun to be had! 'Surely Flex has a means to look at a directory to see if a file exists.' Note, I'd say this is true IFF you are working with Flex in AIR. Flex in the browser is a no go and hence the above suggestions.
DK On Jan 29, 2008 3:41 PM, Darin Kohles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd recommend using a Loader and listening for an IO error: > > var loader:Loader = new Loader(); > loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, > ioErrorHandler); > loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, > completeHandler); > var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url); > > loader.load(request); > > Then you'll either receive an IO_ERROR - which mean you should use > your default image, otherwise you'll receive the COMPLETE event, and > you can apply the loader content as your image. > > > On Jan 29, 2008 1:40 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok someone remind me to get a Flex poster at the next meeting. > > > > Need some logic help in flex. > > > > Trying to mimic the fileexists from CF directly in flash/flex. > > > > I have a resultset that has an item id that has to match an image. > > I am building the the string like this: > > source = 'assets/somedirectory/' + result.id + '.jpg' (works > correctly). > > > > The database is read only and doesn't have any association with the > images. > > > > if match then display, else display default. > > > > Now I want to check and see if the image is in the directory and display > it if it is. > > If not display a default image. > > > > Tried file reference to no avail. > > Surely Flex has a means to look at a directory to see if a file exists. > > Most of the blogs and articles I have found have to do with file upload > or download, I just want to see if an image is in a directory or not. > > > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
