The Flash Player security sandbox restrictions pretty much prevent access to any local/client resources, including the file system. There are ways around this but they require signficant work.
Is a "projector" like "Zinc" an option? Tracy ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Murdo Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:41 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Is it possible to upload an xml file from local filesystem into a variable Hi, I'm trying to replace a .Net web client which zips and xml file and transfers it a server for analysis via a SOAP webservice. I wanted to remove dependancy on .Net standalone client and use flex app as replacment. I can't seem to find a way of loading the local xml file into a var for compression and base64 encoding to webservice. Can this be done or are there security restrictions on this? Many thanks Murdo