Comments on: FileReferenceList() problem in AS3

By: Uday

Uday — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:11:22 +0000

Any one can help me my old post:
I am not able to trace the selected file’s location.
I am using trace(file.name);
it traces: abc.jpt.
While we need the exact location of this file:
like: C://images/abc.jpg

Can any one help for the same.

As some one suggested to use:
file.nativePath or file.url

It’s only for AIR but I need it for online.

Thanks,
Uday

By: Menzoic

Menzoic — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:23:59 +0000

You can just declare an array as a member variable, and then push a new FileReferenceList to that array within any function.

By: Ashok

Ashok — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:59:31 +0000

Thanks! I was struggling with the same problem until I saw your post.

By: Aris

Aris — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:02:43 +0000

Thanks buddy. This helped me out. Before that I was staring at the code and it looked fine….

By: Tamaz

Tamaz — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:51:17 +0000

Great post, thanks, helped me out! I’ve been thinking for a while, why it didnt work=)

By: Arno Manders

Arno Manders — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:51:40 +0000

You need to use file.nativePath or file.url

By: Uday

Uday — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:50:37 +0000

I am not able to trace the selected file’s location.
we are using trace(file.name);
it traces: abc.jpt.
While we need the location of this file:
like: C://images/abc.jpg

Can you help me plz.

Thanks,
Uday

By: ispebo

ispebo — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:58:50 +0000

:FileReferenceList have to be GLOBAL and not a LOCAL VARIABLE :)

By: Arno Manders » Blog Archive » Get full file path in AIR

Arno Manders » Blog Archive » Get full file path in AIR — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:51:32 +0000

[...] Last week I tried the same technique to get a file dragged from the desktop to my AIR application. After fixing a strange problem the code worked but the next problem appeared to me. With FileReference I only get the file name [...]

By: Arno Manders

Arno Manders — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:11:42 +0000

you’re right.

Before I wrote this article I tested it but I did something wrong I guess. When I tested it the event got triggered with FileReference but not with FileReferenceList. Now I test it again both didn’t get triggered.

So in both cases you should declare the FileReference or FileReferenceList outside a function

or you could do it like this:

^?View Code ACTIONSCRIPT

private function FileReferenceCall():void{
	var frl:FileReferenceList = new FileReferenceList();
	frl.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, onSelectFrl);
	frl.browse();
	function onSelectFrl(event:Event):void{
		trace("Event: "+event.currentTarget);
	}
}