Re: nativePath

2014-09-24 Thread Trevor Holman
the url worked perfect, thanks. On Sep 23, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Subscriptions wrote: > if event.target.selectedItem is a File object, try > event.target.selectedItem.url instead > > On 23/09/2014 22:52, Justin Ransom Dallas wrote: >> Are you sure you aren't dealing with a null event.target or s

RE: nativePath

2014-09-23 Thread Trevor Holman
It's a selectedItem from files from any given directory I might have images in. -Original Message- From: Justin Ransom Dallas [mailto:justindal...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:52 PM To: users@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: nativePath Are you sure you aren't de

Re: nativePath

2014-09-23 Thread Peter Ginneberge
File.nativePath should only really be used for display (e.g. in a tooltip, etc..). Use File.url to actually load the file. event.currentTarget is preferred as event.target doesn't always refer to the component that the event was assigned to. Then you should also cast the selectedItem to the

Re: nativePath

2014-09-23 Thread Subscriptions
if event.target.selectedItem is a File object, try event.target.selectedItem.url instead On 23/09/2014 22:52, Justin Ransom Dallas wrote: Are you sure you aren't dealing with a null event.target or selectedItem On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, Trevor Holman wrote: image.source = event.target

Re: nativePath

2014-09-23 Thread Justin Ransom Dallas
Are you sure you aren't dealing with a null event.target or selectedItem On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, Trevor Holman wrote: > image.source = event.target.selectedItem.nativePath; > > > I’m trying to grab the path of an image file to show a preview when a > given file is selected from a file tr

nativePath

2014-09-23 Thread Trevor Holman
image.source = event.target.selectedItem.nativePath; I’m trying to grab the path of an image file to show a preview when a given file is selected from a file tree directory. However I’m getting a broken image symbol. This is a learning exercise for me so it’s hard for me to tell if the materia