AIR application opening a file.

Question

I am writing an AIR application.
    Below is the code I am using to load a file that is located in the same directory as my flash.fla. I hard coded the file path for testing purposes only. When I run the application in the debugger I get the error traced.
package {
          import flash.display.Sprite;
          import flash.filesystem.File;
          //import ui.FileToData;
          import flash.events.Event;
          import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
          public class MCFlash extends Sprite {
                              var sourceFile:File;
                    public function MCFlash() {
                              sourceFile = new File("C:\Randy\flash\MCFlash\church.text");
                              //var fileToData:FileToData = new FileToData(sourceFile);
                              sourceFile.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onFileLoaded);
                              sourceFile.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onFileLoadError);
                              sourceFile.load();
                    private function onFileLoaded(e:Event):void {
                              sourceFile.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onFileLoaded);
                              sourceFile.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onFileLoadError);
                              trace("file loaded");
                    private function onFileLoadError(e:IOErrorEvent):void {
                              sourceFile.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onFileLoaded);
                              sourceFile.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onFileLoadError);
                              trace(e);
the error I get is: [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2038: File I/O Error." errorID=2038]

Answer 1

I probably mislead by putting text as the extension of the file. The file is actuelly a NBT compressed file. What I need to know is why I get an error opening the file when I hard code it. If I use a button to browse for the file I have no problem loaing it, and i do not get the error message.