I didn't realize I could plug in an FTP address into URLRequest. Regardless, I just found out he have write access but not read access on that server.
Anyway, I think I can use the byteArray class to read a byte stream but is there some type of library for creating a TXT file out of that? Thanks for your help. Matt --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Julian Alexander <wb...@...> wrote: > > > > Check out the FileReference class. It has a download() method that can be > passed a URLRequest. > > -Julian > > > > ________________________________ > From: Matthew <fume...@...> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 9:30:14 AM > Subject: [flexcoders] byteStream to .txt file > > > Hi - > > I'm working with a Java developer and trying to figure out how to download > files off a server. Because the server doesn't accept HTTP requests (only > FTP), I can't link to the file. > > The Java developer wants to send the file to me as a byteStream. Is this > possible? How do I transform that to a .txt file? Is there a better solution? > > Thanks for any tips. > > Matt >