FLfile.read()

Availability

Flash MX 2004 7.2.

Usage

FLfile.read()

Parameters

fileOrFolderURI

A string, expressed as a file:/// URI, specifying the file or folder whose attributes you want to retrieve.

Returns

The contents of the specified file as a string, or null if the read fails.

Description

Method; returns the contents of the specified file as a string, or null if the read fails.

Examples

The following example reads the file mydata.txt and, if successful, displays an alert box with the contents of the file.

var fileURI = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt"; 
var str = FLfile.read( fileURI); 
if (str) { 
    alert( fileURL + " contains: " + str); 
}

The following example reads the ActionScript code from a class file and stores it in the code variable:

var classFileURI = "file:///C|/MyApplication/TextCarousel.as"; 
var code = FLfile.read(classFileURI);