Hi Guys,

I have a Flex2 app that needs to be able to open some server 
attachments in the apropriate application.  For example, the app may 
need to show a Word or Excel document.

It seems to me that there are three ways to do it:
1. Use navigateToURL() to send the web browser to the document, and 
thus have the browser open it for me; or
2. Use the ExternalInterface API to talk to a JavaScript which can 
then get the web browser to open the document.
3. Download the document within the Flex2 app, and then give the 
document data to a JavaScript function (via the ExternalInterface 
API), and have that JavaScript function launch the required app 
directly.

My questions are: Are these three the only ways to do it?  Does 
Flex2 have something specifically for doing the job of downloading, 
and then save/openning documentst the same way the browser would?  
Which would you recommend, and why?  Are there any significant 
shortfalls to the above approaches?

Any other suggestions would be really appreciated :)

Thanks!

Paul.






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