No. You can read a file using the File APIs. In JS, you can get a Blob and ArrayBuffer The rough equivalent to ByteArray in Royale is BinaryData which wraps ArrayBuffer and deals with the views and you can get that from a file.
We’ve done work on abstracting those APIs. Yishay did the work on that, so he’ll have the best answer. Harbs > On Oct 3, 2017, at 4:33 PM, Idylog - Nicolas Granon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We use FileReference a lot in our Flex apps (data import functionalities, > export functionalities). > > With FP, it has been possible (since FP 11 if I am correct) to have local > read and write access (provided the access is "controlled" by a dialog that > the user has to validate) from the user's drive to the app (and vice versa). > > As I understand it, there is no provision in JS for app local file read > access : you have to upload the local file to the HTTP server, and then back > (download) into the app. > However, there is local write access from the app to the local hard drive. > > Is this correct ? > > Nicolas Granon >
