Load local image display in air app

Question

I am trying to load an image from the local file system, then diplay it in my air window. I don't have any problems getting the file reference from the open file dialog, problem is that I don't know what to do then. Somebody on another forum suggested using Loader.load to open the file using file.url as the URLRequest. This hasn't worked for me at all and I can't find any place online that explains how to do this. Thanks for the help

Answer 1

Try this:
var loader:Loader;
var file:File = new File();
var imagesFilter:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Images", "*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.gif;*.png");
file.browseForOpen("Open file", [imagesFilter]);
file.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, imgSelected);
function imgSelected(event:Event):void
    loader = new Loader();
    var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(file.url);
    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imgLoaded);
    loader.load(urlReq);
function imgLoaded(event:Event):void
    var bmp:Bitmap = new Bitmap();
    bmp = loader.content as Bitmap;
    addChild(bmp);