Hello everyone,
I came across the same need - that is: reading a local XML file - and I
found this HTTPService to be working:
<mx:HTTPService
id="xmlProjectData"
resultFormat="e4x"
url="file:///c:/Project13.xml <file:///c:/Project13.xml> "
useProxy="false"/>
The only problem with making this really usable just yet, is that the
FileReference class does not expose a localpath property for the file(s)
you select. Does anyone know how I could obtain the localpath without
calling the upload method?
Thanks much
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Trice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Unfortunately, Flex doesn't work the way you want b/c of security
> implications. You can do this by having the user upload the file to
the
> server. Once the file is uploaded, parse it and then pull the data
back
> down to the client and use it.
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> -Andy
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> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Behalf Of Torey Maerz
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:35 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Read Local File
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>
> I would like to create a flex application (hosted on the internet)
that
> could read in a client's local file, parse that file and then display
> in a datagrid for manipulation and eventually posting the data to my
> server. My problem is on the reading of the local file piece. It
> seems that the only way that I can do this is to have the swf running
> on the client's machine. That is not an option so I have been in the
> search for finding a solution that would allow me to sign my swf or
> something similar so that it could be trusted on the client's machine
> and allow the user to parse their local file.
>
> So what can I do to give my internet based application read access on
> the client's machine?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -Torey
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