Flash CS4 Resources

fl.browseForFolderURL()

Availability

Flash 8.

Usage

fl.browseForFolderURL([description])

Parameters

description: An optional string that specifies the description of the Browse For Folder dialog box. If this parameter is omitted, nothing is shown in the description area.

Returns

The URL of the folder, expressed as a file:/// URI; returns null if the user cancels out of the dialog box.

Description

Method; displays a Browse for Folder dialog box and lets the user select a folder.

Note: The title of the dialog box is always Browse for Folder. Use the description parameter to add more detail in the description area under the title, such as “Select a folder” or “Select the path that contains the profile you want to import.”

Example

The following example lets the user select a folder and then displays a list of files in that folder:

var folderURI = fl.browseForFolderURL("Select a folder.");  
var folderContents = FLfile.listFolder(folderURI);