Well I use the filereference to select files the user wants to upload using a web app. So I do know the user can select and upload files from user local files. Never tried to read one directly however after the user has selected the files.
-Mark -----Original Message----- From: modjkl...@comcast.net [mailto:modjkl...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2015 9:54 AM To: users, apache Subject: Re: methods for web app to read text file on client's computer? Correct me if I'm wrong, but these functions by default can only read client files if the swf runs locally on their computer. If I'm making a web app running in a browser, the sandbox prevents accessing client file contents. I'm thinking only AIR allows permissions for reading client files. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b90204-7e3f.html I prefer to integrate the file reading/processing into my existing web app, rather than give the customer a 2nd application to use (e.g. AIR). But I don't see a way around this. Can anyone comment if I missed something? ----- Original Message ----- From: "pkumar.flex" <prashaku...@gmail.com> To: users@flex.apache.org Sent: Friday, July 3, 2015 9:35:55 PM Subject: Re: methods for web app to read text file on client's computer? check for URLLoader & FileReference for file reading from client computer. CSV parsing code , you can search on google. On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:26 AM, modjklist [via Apache Flex Users] < ml-node+s2333346n1070...@n4.nabble.com> wrote: > Looking for recommendations to read a text file in Flex web app (not AIR). > > Does a web app even have permission to read a text file located on the > client's computer? > > Text file is comma-separated data arranged in columns. The total number of > lines isn't known ahead of time. > > Ideally I'd like to read the file line by line (each line ending with a \n > character), the split the line based on the comma character to identify and > process individual elements. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/methods-for-web-app-to-read-text-file-on-client-s-computer-tp10704.html > > To unsubscribe from Apache Flex Users, click here > <http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=1&code=cHJhc2hha3VtYXJAZ21haWwuY29tfDF8LTU0MTcyMzE2NA==> > > . > NAML > <http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > > -- *Regards,* Prashant Kumar* | *Mob.: +91 8408811225 -- View this message in context: http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/methods-for-web-app-to-read-text-file-on-client-s-computer-tp10704p10708.html Sent from the Apache Flex Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
