Apollo will have file system APIs. You'll be able to enumerate a directory, get certain file/directory properties, create/delete files, read/write them, etc.
- Gordon ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Beattie Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 4:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcomponents] Re: Any Filesystem browser components? will Apollo actually reach into the filesystem tho? I thought it would but haven't found any details so far to confirm this. I'm especially interested in Apollo managing specific downloaded content anyone know? On 1/15/07, mixersoft <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: I think either Apollo or Zinc is what I need. I just think it's strange that I can call Javascript from AS3 in a local-trusted sandbox, but I can't call a Javascript function that calls ActiveX (or, I presume, any other local fs command) from AS3. This isn't clearly noted in the docs, but the absence of anyone else getting this to work seems to imply that this is true. Comments? --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> , "nathanbrown19" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> , "mixersoft" <yahoo.igv@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcomponents%40yahoogroups.com> , Shannon Hicks <shan@> wrote: > > > > > > You'll want to use flash.net.FileReference or > > flash.net.FileReferenceList. > > > > > > Here are a couple articles: > > > http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=5534a12f <http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=5534a12f> > > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/multifile_upload.html <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/multifile_upload.html> > > > > > > Shan > > > > > > > Tbis is a great resource, but it's not what I need. > > > > I'm building an app that can facilitate the selection and upload of > > 100s of photos, the OS file picker is way too limited. I would rather > > allow my users to pick one or more folders; "import" all the photo > > files into my Flex app; and then tag photos in a rich UI for later > > upload/processing. > > > > From the docs, "[FileReference does] not allow the SWF file that > > initiated the upload or download to access the uploaded or downloaded > > file or the file's location on the user's disk." It also doesn't allow > > you to pick Folders. > > > > If my localTrusted Flex app can have access to something like > > Scripting.FileSystemObject, I can build a file browser component to > > pick folders to "Watch" and files to import. But that particular > > ActiveX component is not talking to AS3, and besides, it is not cross > > platform. > > > > Does that make sense? > > > > Hey mixersoft, > > Have you looked at using MDM Zinc to wrap your app as an EXE so that > it runs locally? Zinc has the filesystem tools your looking for, and > it will work on Win/Mac. Just not sure if this fits into your app model. > > Nathan >
