browse file

[clyde]

hi there! got another issue, tried looking at swfKIT help but havent found anything that you could actually browse a file to copy instead of a folder. any ideas would be appreciated.

thank you

[SWFKit]

The Dialogs.fileOpen method.

[clyde]

thanks for the reply and it browse for the file. anyway, been working around it cause i need to do is to get the path of the file to browse and copy it to a different directory. this is how i do it and i cant make it work.

var copyThis = FlashPlayer.getVariable("_root.copyThis");
while (copyThis.search("/") >= 0)
copyThis = copyThis.replace("/", "\\");
var file = new File(copyThis);
return file.copy("c:\\DirectoryName\\"+file.name)

thanks!

[clyde]

Originally Posted by clyde

//_root.copyThis holds the path of the browsed file
var copyThis = FlashPlayer.getVariable("_root.copyThis");
//try to replace / with \\
while (copyThis.search("/") >= 0)
copyThis = copyThis.replace("/", "\\");
var file = new File(copyThis);
return file.copy("c:\\DirectoryName\\"+file.name)

[adan]

Why not just try this:

//Opens FileOpen Dialog
var lookforwhat = "Some File (*.*)|*.*|";
var filetoload = Dialogs.fileOpen(lookforwhat, "", "", false);

//Checks to see if a file was selected and if it exists, then sets to Flash the location of it to the variable _root.location
        if((filetoload!=false) && (File.exists(filetoload))){
 FlashPlayer.setVariable("_root.location",filetoload);

 //Next, get the name of the file
var nameoffile = new File(filetoload);
filetoload = nameoffile.name;
  FlashPlayer.setVariable("_root.filename",filetoload);
        } //end of if((filetoload!=fal...





//Now, get the location and filename from the Flash file and uses a new location you give it
filename = FlashPlayer.getVariable("_root.filename");
location = FlashPlayer.getVariable("_root.location");
newlocation = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\"+filename;

//Copy the file from the location to the new location
if(File.exists(location)) (new File(location)).copy(newlocation);

//Slight Note: Test to make sure the C:\\Documents and Settings\\ actually works.

[clyde]

Originally Posted by adan

Why not just try this:

//Opens FileOpen Dialog
var lookforwhat = "Some File (*.*)|*.*|";
var filetoload = Dialogs.fileOpen(lookforwhat, "", "", false);

//Checks to see if a file was selected and if it exists, then sets to Flash the location of it to the variable _root.location
        if((filetoload!=false) && (File.exists(filetoload))){
 FlashPlayer.setVariable("_root.location",filetoload);

 //Next, get the name of the file
var nameoffile = new File(filetoload);
filetoload = nameoffile.name;
  FlashPlayer.setVariable("_root.filename",filetoload);
        } //end of if((filetoload!=fal...





//Now, get the location and filename from the Flash file and uses a new location you give it
filename = FlashPlayer.getVariable("_root.filename");
location = FlashPlayer.getVariable("_root.location");
newlocation = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\"+filename;

//Copy the file from the location to the new location
if(File.exists(location)) (new File(location)).copy(newlocation);

//Slight Note: Test to make sure the C:\\Documents and Settings\\ actually works.

yep, it works fine but i cant use relative path. like if i am running the swf.exe in c:\myExe\application and want to copy the file in c:\myExe using:

newlocation = "..\\"+filename;
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i tried using newlocation = filename; and it copied the file in the source folder ( like if i copy file.pdf in c:\\myPDFs, the copy goes in there too).

hoping for answers.

[clyde]

its all doin fine now, just added getAppDir() and works fine. i just dont know why some of my scripts works without it and some doesnt. ???

cheers! ;D