FileReference - A petition for Astro WE NEED YOUR VOTE ! Hi All! If We Want New Features in Flahs Player we will all need to VOTE!
I have submited it as a Feature Request. Follow the link and create a accont and vote for it! http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14245 By the way we all need to get familiar with this "Adobe Bug System" :) Please forward this message. Cheers :) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Muzak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to select a file/several files and > > read the contents without doing "round trips"? > > nope, afraid not. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dlpagefr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:10 AM > Subject: [flexcoders] File selection problem > > > Hi, > When selecting files with a FileReference or FileReferenceList, I get > an object or object array containing files. > The problem is that apart from uploading these files, there is nothing > else I can seem to do with them. > 2 examples: > 1) images: I can select images and upload them to my webserver, but I > cannot load these images into the flex applet and display them... > unless I upload them to the server, then download them again. > 2) Data files: I can select a file, but I cannot parse it's contents or > process the data: I have to upload it to a server and download it > again... > This does not seem the optimum method of programming and there has to > be a better way. Uploading just to download again is a huge waste of > bandwidth - and time. Is there a way to select a file/several files and > read the contents without doing "round trips"? > > Cheers, > > Daniel >
