http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/25/previewing-an-image-before-uploading-it-using-the-filereference-class-in-flash-player-10/
Should be what you are after, as long as you are ok with losing the image after you close the application. C ________________________________ From: Christophe <christophe_jacque...@yahoo.fr> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, August 8, 2010 11:36:13 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Browse And Image File Hello, How to get an image from the local desktop and display it in the flex application (without moving the image file to the server) ? Thank you, Christophe,