File browser in flash application

[leearach2004]

Hi there all Im in a bit of a pickkle and have scoured the web to no avail,not even sure if it is possible but hope it is.

I have created a flash interactive cdrom for a local school. Along with it i have creat a small flash program just to update any of the movie files if they need to update there cds.

Is it possible rather than them having to type the location of the new file to copy to the movie directory is ther anyway way of displaying a directory browser as windows does when you need to browse a file on your computer.

This runs from a cd so it is not networked in anyway its a standalone application on a local machine.

Is it possible to craete a directory or file browser in flash i have found a few that can do it over a network using NetService.as but as its a local program this is no help unlese it can be mofified

Hope somone can help

Lee

 

[kennethkawamoto]

> Is it possible to craete a directory or file browser in flash

You can with a wrapper app.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[leearach2004]

Hi there thanks for the reply

what exactly is a rapper app
Is it possible to create the browser your self using actionscript.

lee

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Wrapper" is an application which embeds SWF and creates a desktop application.

Flash SWF itself cannot access to the local directory (it is designed for online delivery only) but a wrapper app will let you do that. The "file browser" you're talking about is built-in so all you have to do is just call the function from AS.

Popular wrappers include Zinc, mProjector, SWF Studio, Screenweaver, etc.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk