Re: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
On Friday 27 Mar 2009, Paul Kukiel wrote: Yes in FP10 and the 3.3 SDK you can load data client side. I have had trouble getting this to work on osx and linux though: Is there a bug for this in bugs.adobe.com, because I have the 10,0,22,87 debug player here, on OpenSuSE 64bit (but with 32bit FireFox+plugin), and get the error as in the first comment. It is meant to work... -- Tom Chiverton Helping to synergistically enable web-readiness as part of the IT team of the year, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word ?partner? to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com.
[flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
I was able to get it working on OS X...the biggest problem was getting flexbuilder to use the FP 10 player, otherwise the load() function fails at runtime. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Kukiel pkuk...@... wrote: Yes in FP10 and the 3.3 SDK you can load data client side. I have had trouble getting this to work on osx and linux though: http://blog.kukiel.net/2009/02/file-manipulation-client-side-with.html There are a few links on the entry to some decent references. Paul. On 26/03/2009, at 8:34 PM, gmoniey22 wrote: yes it will, using the FileReference.load(), and then accessing FileReference.data. I got this working on FP10 sdk 3.3. It took a while to get flexbuilder to play nice however. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt tspratt@ wrote: I have heard that FP 10 will allow access to the file contents. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djepyon Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? If its a remote file this can be done by using Loader.loadBytes() and parsing the ByteArray. You would need AIR to load the bytes of a local file though. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ wrote: No, I actually want to parse the file. This seems like it should be a trivial task. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com ups.com, Alain Thibodeau thibodeau.alain@ wrote: You mean just getting file info or actually parsing the full file data? If it's just the basic file information, I think you can get that with the FileReference... If you are looking for more power, swfStudio will give you all the power you need: http://www.northcod http://www.northcode.com/index.php e.com/index.php From: gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ To: flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? I want the user to select a file and have my flash app parse it for information, and then display that info in the app. But it seems like all of the FileReference functions abstract the upload/download process to a server. Am I missing something? Thanks __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar. http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. yahoo.com.
Re: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
Any ideas why it was not working before? How did you fix it? Does it now play ok on win, osx + linuxes? I am considering using this for an app i am making, but i am not sure if it worths the trouble if it only works on windows... On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:32 PM, gmoniey22 gmonie...@yahoo.com wrote: I was able to get it working on OS X...the biggest problem was getting flexbuilder to use the FP 10 player, otherwise the load() function fails at runtime. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Kukiel pkuk...@... wrote: Yes in FP10 and the 3.3 SDK you can load data client side. I have had trouble getting this to work on osx and linux though: http://blog.kukiel.net/2009/02/file-manipulation-client-side-with.html There are a few links on the entry to some decent references. Paul. On 26/03/2009, at 8:34 PM, gmoniey22 wrote: yes it will, using the FileReference.load(), and then accessing FileReference.data. I got this working on FP10 sdk 3.3. It took a while to get flexbuilder to play nice however. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt tspratt@ wrote: I have heard that FP 10 will allow access to the file contents. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djepyon Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? If its a remote file this can be done by using Loader.loadBytes() and parsing the ByteArray. You would need AIR to load the bytes of a local file though. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comflexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com ups.com, gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ wrote: No, I actually want to parse the file. This seems like it should be a trivial task. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders% flexcoders%25 40yahoogroups.com ups.com, Alain Thibodeau thibodeau.alain@ wrote: You mean just getting file info or actually parsing the full file data? If it's just the basic file information, I think you can get that with the FileReference... If you are looking for more power, swfStudio will give you all the power you need: http://www.northcod http://www.northcode.com/index.php e.com/index.php From: gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ To: flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comflexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? I want the user to select a file and have my flash app parse it for information, and then display that info in the app. But it seems like all of the FileReference functions abstract the upload/download process to a server. Am I missing something? Thanks __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar. http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. yahoo.com. -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation fotis.chatzini...@gmail.com,
[flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
I havent gotten a chance to play with it on anything but os x (10.5). I ended up getting it working by following these instructions: http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Targeting+Flash+Player+10 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Fotis Chatzinikos fotis.chatzini...@... wrote: Any ideas why it was not working before? How did you fix it? Does it now play ok on win, osx + linuxes? I am considering using this for an app i am making, but i am not sure if it worths the trouble if it only works on windows... On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:32 PM, gmoniey22 gmonie...@... wrote: I was able to get it working on OS X...the biggest problem was getting flexbuilder to use the FP 10 player, otherwise the load() function fails at runtime. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Kukiel pkukiel@ wrote: Yes in FP10 and the 3.3 SDK you can load data client side. I have had trouble getting this to work on osx and linux though: http://blog.kukiel.net/2009/02/file-manipulation-client-side-with.html There are a few links on the entry to some decent references. Paul. On 26/03/2009, at 8:34 PM, gmoniey22 wrote: yes it will, using the FileReference.load(), and then accessing FileReference.data. I got this working on FP10 sdk 3.3. It took a while to get flexbuilder to play nice however. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt tspratt@ wrote: I have heard that FP 10 will allow access to the file contents. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djepyon Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? If its a remote file this can be done by using Loader.loadBytes() and parsing the ByteArray. You would need AIR to load the bytes of a local file though. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comflexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com ups.com, gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ wrote: No, I actually want to parse the file. This seems like it should be a trivial task. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders% flexcoders%25 40yahoogroups.com ups.com, Alain Thibodeau thibodeau.alain@ wrote: You mean just getting file info or actually parsing the full file data? If it's just the basic file information, I think you can get that with the FileReference... If you are looking for more power, swfStudio will give you all the power you need: http://www.northcod http://www.northcode.com/index.php e.com/index.php From: gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ To: flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comflexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? I want the user to select a file and have my flash app parse it for information, and then display that info in the app. But it seems like all of the FileReference functions abstract the upload/download process to a server. Am I missing something? Thanks __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar. http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. yahoo.com. -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation fotis.chatzini...@...,
[flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
No, I actually want to parse the file. This seems like it should be a trivial task. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alain Thibodeau thibodeau.al...@... wrote: You mean just getting file info or actually parsing the full file data? If it's just the basic file information, I think you can get that with the FileReference... If you are looking for more power, swfStudio will give you all the power you need: http://www.northcode.com/index.php From: gmoniey22 gmonie...@... To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? I want the user to select a file and have my flash app parse it for information, and then display that info in the app. But it seems like all of the FileReference functions abstract the upload/download process to a server. Am I missing something? Thanks __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
[flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
If its a remote file this can be done by using Loader.loadBytes() and parsing the ByteArray. You would need AIR to load the bytes of a local file though. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, gmoniey22 gmonie...@... wrote: No, I actually want to parse the file. This seems like it should be a trivial task. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alain Thibodeau thibodeau.alain@ wrote: You mean just getting file info or actually parsing the full file data? If it's just the basic file information, I think you can get that with the FileReference... If you are looking for more power, swfStudio will give you all the power you need: http://www.northcode.com/index.php From: gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? I want the user to select a file and have my flash app parse it for information, and then display that info in the app. But it seems like all of the FileReference functions abstract the upload/download process to a server. Am I missing something? Thanks __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
RE: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
I have heard that FP 10 will allow access to the file contents. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djepyon Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? If its a remote file this can be done by using Loader.loadBytes() and parsing the ByteArray. You would need AIR to load the bytes of a local file though. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, gmoniey22 gmonie...@... wrote: No, I actually want to parse the file. This seems like it should be a trivial task. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, Alain Thibodeau thibodeau.alain@ wrote: You mean just getting file info or actually parsing the full file data? If it's just the basic file information, I think you can get that with the FileReference... If you are looking for more power, swfStudio will give you all the power you need: http://www.northcod http://www.northcode.com/index.php e.com/index.php From: gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ To: flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? I want the user to select a file and have my flash app parse it for information, and then display that info in the app. But it seems like all of the FileReference functions abstract the upload/download process to a server. Am I missing something? Thanks __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar. http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. yahoo.com.
[flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
yes it will, using the FileReference.load(), and then accessing FileReference.data. I got this working on FP10 sdk 3.3. It took a while to get flexbuilder to play nice however. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt tspr...@... wrote: I have heard that FP 10 will allow access to the file contents. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djepyon Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? If its a remote file this can be done by using Loader.loadBytes() and parsing the ByteArray. You would need AIR to load the bytes of a local file though. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ wrote: No, I actually want to parse the file. This seems like it should be a trivial task. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, Alain Thibodeau thibodeau.alain@ wrote: You mean just getting file info or actually parsing the full file data? If it's just the basic file information, I think you can get that with the FileReference... If you are looking for more power, swfStudio will give you all the power you need: http://www.northcod http://www.northcode.com/index.php e.com/index.php From: gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ To: flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? I want the user to select a file and have my flash app parse it for information, and then display that info in the app. But it seems like all of the FileReference functions abstract the upload/download process to a server. Am I missing something? Thanks __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar. http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. yahoo.com.
Re: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)?
Yes in FP10 and the 3.3 SDK you can load data client side. I have had trouble getting this to work on osx and linux though: http://blog.kukiel.net/2009/02/file-manipulation-client-side-with.html There are a few links on the entry to some decent references. Paul. On 26/03/2009, at 8:34 PM, gmoniey22 wrote: yes it will, using the FileReference.load(), and then accessing FileReference.data. I got this working on FP10 sdk 3.3. It took a while to get flexbuilder to play nice however. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt tspr...@... wrote: I have heard that FP 10 will allow access to the file contents. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djepyon Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? If its a remote file this can be done by using Loader.loadBytes() and parsing the ByteArray. You would need AIR to load the bytes of a local file though. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com, gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ wrote: No, I actually want to parse the file. This seems like it should be a trivial task. --- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com ups.com, Alain Thibodeau thibodeau.alain@ wrote: You mean just getting file info or actually parsing the full file data? If it's just the basic file information, I think you can get that with the FileReference... If you are looking for more power, swfStudio will give you all the power you need: http://www.northcod http://www.northcode.com/index.php e.com/index.php From: gmoniey22 gmoniey22@ To: flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] is it not possible to upload a file to a flash app (no server)? I want the user to select a file and have my flash app parse it for information, and then display that info in the app. But it seems like all of the FileReference functions abstract the upload/download process to a server. Am I missing something? Thanks __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar. http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. yahoo.com.
