You can download a file from the internet. You won't have access to the file or the file system, but the file will save. See FileReference.download ()
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/flash/net/FileReference.html - Dan Freiman On Dec 12, 2007 12:08 PM, Anthony DeBonis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can not in Flex because of the Flash/Browser security. > The FileReferance obj will allow you to browse/pick a file and post it > back to the server but you do not have access to the bits in Flash. > > You need to use AIR if this is a requirement. > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Enrico > Hofmann" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi how can i download an file from the internet and save it to local > > disk ? > > > > regards enrico hofmann > > > > >

