It can in AIR. See http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/filesystem/File.html File.desktopDirectory
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "James" <garymoorcroft_...@...> wrote: > > Can this be done? My app creates an image folder on the user's desktop and > creates image snapshots in it. I then want these images to be displayed > within an image component so a user can preview them. > > But of course everyone's desktop directory is different. For example mine is > c/users/james/desktop but obviously others would be different. > > The folder that my app creates on the desktop is called createdimages so > let's say I had an image component in my app and the user created an image in > this folder via my app called image1.jpg what code would I need to apply to > the source property of an image component to make this image it's source? :- > > source='' >
