Loading local files

Is there any way to load a file from the user's local machine
into a Flash application without going through a server? I would
like to be able to load an image directly but I suspect the only
way this can be done is to first upload the file to a server (using
FileReference) and then download it back into the player. Seems
kind of silly to have to make this round trip when the file is
already on the same machine as the player.

But if the swf is on a remote server then it can't get to
files on the local machine. I want to be able to load a file (at
runtime) that is on the same machine where the swf is being viewed
from (and the swf was downloaded from another machine).

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FLEX Workers unable to load local files

Hi,
I am currently testing the using Actionscript Workers. For the most part everything is working as described, however I notice that the FLASH Player (and even FLASH Builder debugger) is treating any child worker swf as a remote swf. This creates a problem where it can't access local files that are loaded in during runtime (in my case my parent application has a wsdl file saved locally and is trying to pass the same path to the child worker). The following error will be thrown when the worker swf attempts to access to the file:
*** Security Sandbox Violation ***
Connection to file:///<filepath> halted - not permitted from file:///<swf file application>
-- Remote SWFs may not access local files.
This is problematic as the parent application can access these local files without a problem, so I expected the child workers to behave in the same manner (especially since it's in debug mode).
Does anyone know of any workaround to this particular issue?

I'm having the same problem.
Having scoured the internet and finding nothing useful yet, I'm almost ready to conclude that there is no workaround for this. At least without using AIR, or running a webserver on localhost.
Would be very happy to be contradicted on this though...

Load local files in FMP?

i cannot load a local file into FMP. i assume this is due to the fact that the FMP swf runs on adobe's servers and is therefore subject to a remote sandbox.
however, this makes testing websites locally difficult. is there any way around this?
one i know is to deploy media files to a server to avoid the remote sandbox restriction, but this is not useful without an internet connection.
is it possible to run the FMP swf locally?

it is possible to run the FMP swf locally. use the Strobe player:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/smp.adobe/files/
setup is pretty much identical to the FMP.

AIR application in Leopard and loading local files

I have an AIR app that loads a config.xml file that is in the
same directory as the AIR app. It only has 4 nodes that are just
pointers to folders and/or files. Works fine on a pc that I'm
developing on. When I install the AIR app on a mac, running
leopard, it always fails to load the config.xml file. No matter
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This is exactly the same problem I am having. I'm trying to
load a local xml file from the same directory as the application
(using OS 10.4.11).
I am trying it this way:
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var file:File = flash.filesystem.File.applicationDirectory;
file = file.resolvePath("my.xml");
var xmlPath:URLRequest = new URLRequest(file.url);
try {
xmlLoader.load(xmlPath);
} catch (error:Error) {
trace("Unable to load requested document.");
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Error in loading big file

Hi All,
I have an application on WL8.1 with sp3, the database is SQL Server 2000. I have code below to load local file into database. The data type in database is image.
PreparedStatement pStatement = null;
InputStreammyStream myStream = new InputStream();
myStream.setEmbeddedStream( is );
pStatement.setBinaryStream( 1, myStream, -1 );
pStatement.executeUpdate();
pStatement.close();
pStatement = null;
is is InputStream from a local file and the sql statement is
insert into file_content(content) values(?)
This workes fine for the files with size less than 150M, but for those big files (>150M), it doesn't work and I got error message as below:
<Feb 11, 2005 12:00:41 PM PST> <Notice> <EJB> <BEA-010014> <Error occurred while attempting to rollback transaction: javax.transaction.SystemException: Heuristic hazard: (weblogic.jdbc.wrapper.JTSXAResourceImpl, HeuristicHazard, (javax.transaction.xa.XAException: [BEA][SQLServer JDBC Driver]Object has been closed.))
javax.transaction.SystemException: Heuristic hazard: (weblogic.jdbc.wrapper.JTSXAResourceImpl, HeuristicHazard, (javax.transaction.xa.XAException: [BEA][SQLServer JDBC Driver]Object has been closed.))
at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerTransactionImpl.internalRollback(ServerTransactionImpl.java:396)
at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerTransactionImpl.rollback(ServerTransactionImpl.java:362)
Any body can help? Thanks in advance.

Fred Wang wrote:
Hi All,
I have an application on WL8.1 with sp3, the database is SQL Server 2000. I have code below to load local file into database. The data type in database is image.
PreparedStatement pStatement = null;
InputStreammyStream myStream = new InputStream();
myStream.setEmbeddedStream( is );
pStatement.setBinaryStream( 1, myStream, -1 );
pStatement.executeUpdate();
pStatement.close();
pStatement = null;
is is InputStream from a local file and the sql statement is
insert into file_content(content) values(?)
This workes fine for the files with size less than 150M, but for those big files (>150M), it doesn't work and I got error message as below:
<Feb 11, 2005 12:00:41 PM PST> <Notice> <EJB> <BEA-010014> <Error occurred while attempting to rollback transaction: javax.transaction.SystemException: Heuristic hazard: (weblogic.jdbc.wrapper.JTSXAResourceImpl, HeuristicHazard, (javax.transaction.xa.XAException: [BEA][SQLServer JDBC Driver]Object has been closed.))
javax.transaction.SystemException: Heuristic hazard: (weblogic.jdbc.wrapper.JTSXAResourceImpl, HeuristicHazard, (javax.transaction.xa.XAException: [BEA][SQLServer JDBC Driver]Object has been closed.))
at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerTransactionImpl.internalRollback(ServerTransactionImpl.java:396)
at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerTransactionImpl.rollback(ServerTransactionImpl.java:362)
Any body can help? Thanks in advance.I already answered this as to the cause, in the ms newsgroups... It's the DBMS choking so
bad on the size of your image file that it actually kills the connection. Note that the DBMS
has to save the whole image to log as well as to the DBMS table. The fundamental response is
to get DBA help to configure the DBMS to be able to do what you want. If you want and can,
you could split your image column into multiple image columns, and split your data into
100meg chunks, and then enter an empty row and then update it column by column, and then
concatenate the data again in the cleint when you get it out, etc, but much better to post
to the MS server newsgroups for ideas.
Joe

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Local Files Will not Sync to iPhone and Gets Error.....

DescriptionI load local files to my spotify playlist, so that I can play them in the car when listening to spotify on my iPhone 6. When I go to play the song on the computer through spotify it works fine from "local files" but when I log onto my iPhone I do not see the files anywhere. It does not sync or play, even when I add the song to a private offline playlist. I also cannot get the local files to play from my computer on my phone. When I select to play sound from my phone not the computer speaker it shows up on my phone with an error "Song not Synced. If you own the song, you can sync it from your computer. I have tried multiple ways and still to no avail. Can someone help me? A more detailed description, using numbered steps1. Added the source of the local folder for local files on my computer spotify; logged out and logged back in2. Went to spotify on my phone and downloaded recent update and signed into spotify.3. Tried playing the song from local files, it was not listed.4. Tried playing song from a private offline playlist; would list but it was greyed out and said I was not synced.5. Tried rejoining my wi-fi on both computer and phone; connected fine.6. Tried playing local file from spotify on computer; plays fine.7. Tried playing local file on computer but project it to play on iphone speaker; same error message as before. What I expected to happenMy files to load to "local files"; they are in the right format mp4. Then I wanted to be able to add it to playlists and play it from my phone. What actually happenedLocal files do not show up on my Spotify on my phone. It says an error message about not syncing right and the songs put into any of the private offline lists are greyed out. My iPad/iPhone modeliPhone 6 Device’s Operating System8.4 Is your device jailbroken?No Approximately how many playlists do you have?Fewer then 15 My mobile Spotify version3.6.0.923 My desktop Spotify version (if applicable)1.0.10.107 My provider and countryVerizon

Hi,I have had a similar problem with my Android (4.4.4) phone. Apparently Spotify discontinued to support the upload and streaming of local files!!! I don't understand why, but I'm going to discontinue my premium membership because of this. Below is the email I got from them:"Hello,
Thanks for getting back in touch with your feedback and your clarifications on the issue. That was very helpful for us!
Our latest Spotify Version doesn't support the upload and streaming of local files. :( This was a feature in one of our previous Spotify Versions. :)
Still, this sounds like a great idea: to get back this feature! Please feel free to share it on our ideas board on our Community Site.
You can get other users to show their support by voting on the idea. We’ll keep everyone updated on its status. Maybe your idea could even make it into the app some day!
Do not hesitate to get back to us if anything else comes up in the meantime. We will always do our best to help you.
Have an amazing day,
Spotify Customer Support"
Here is my response:"Hi,this is a very bad management decision!Spotify is a great App, but it doesn’t provide access to all the music in the world and so people like me would like to add to their Spotify selection their own music. The fact that people are paying for a service like Spotify premium should tell you that people honor and appreciate good features and convenience.I don’t understand why Spotify would take back such an important feature. Updates are supposed to improve a product, not make it worse! Without this feature Spotify is just another music streaming platform like countless others and I don’t see the benefit any more. Therefore I will discontinue my premium membership as of the end of this month. Please contact me if this feature of uploading and streaming of local files is enabled again. Thanks"

Loading local swf files from Application Dir (ios)

Hi Guys,
I would like to load additional local swf files to my ios release build but I am confused a little bit because of the new API changes.
As far as I know at the moment (from Air 3.7 or newer) it is allowed to load local swf files that contains compiled actionscript both from local folder and from a predefined remote host as well.
My assumption based on this article:
http://blogs.adobe.com/airodynamics/2013/03/08/external-hosting-of-secondary-swfs-for-air- apps-on-ios/
I created the text file to include all of my local swf file names and created the following node in the application.xml:
<iPhone>
<externalSwfs>assets/SampleSWFInfoFile.txt</externalSwfs>
</iPhone>
When I compile the release build (ipa) using command line adt, it converts all of my local swfs into the stripped swfs which is perfect, but even though I include all the swfs in the compiler command, it puts only the SampleSWFInfoFile.txt file into the assets folder in the ipa but not the swf files.
I assume, it thinks I will load these files from an external host, but I would like to include them in the app itself.
I tried to copy the stripped swf files from the externalStrippedSwfs folder and comment the <externalSwfs>assets/SampleSWFInfoFile.txt</externalSwfs> node in the application.xml and compile it and this way it puts the swf files into the ipa, but when I try to install and launch the app it crashes and when I test it using Flash Builder it shows an error message
"VerifyError: Error #1042: Not an ABC file."
Do any of you guys know the solution for this problem?
Thank you for your help in advance!

You're publishing in AOT mode as long as you use one of these:
The AIR Developer Tool or ADT has targets that lets you package apps either for the AOT mode or Interpreter mode. The targets for packaging in AOT mode are ipa-app-store, ipa-ad-hoc, ipa-test and ipa-debug.
Flash Pro CS6 and Flash Builder automate this process pretty well so it's invisible but the SWF loads and executes code just fine for me when directly published.
If I take it to command line I can use this to compile successfully (iPad test app):
adt -package -target ipa-ad-hoc -storetype pkcs12 -keystore my.p12 -provisioning-profile my.mobileprovision NameOfApp.ipa NameOfApp-app.xml NameOfApp.swf iTunesArtwork iTunesArtwork@2x AppIconsForPublish swfs/swfs.txt swfs/GenerateText.swf
I at least include generic icons in there but I made a 'swfs' folder and placed 'swfs.txt' and 'GenerateText.swf' in there. The SWF uses code to randomly generate text and changes every second using a Timer. I load it in using the same code you do with the ApplicationDomain.currentDomain context. I see the SWF appear and text start randomly changing.
As I compile there's a folder generated called 'externalStrippedSwfs' with the stripped SWF in there.
One thing to note is I do not supply <externalSwfs>swfs/swfs.txt</externalSwfs> in my iPhone settings. If I do that it doesn't work. I supply the path to the text file containing the SWF I want to be stripped to adt itself along with the SWFs I want stripped and it takes care of the rest.

Down loading ALV List to local file /print

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We have a program that displays data on an ALV list. Then, when you click on the 'Print' icon, or try to download to a local file, it gives a short dump with a message 'OBJECTS_NOT_CHARLIKE'.
Any solutions on the same ....
thanks

Hi,
i hope you have all your data in and internal table.
If this is so use the following code,
*--- Down load the file
CALL FUNCTION 'WS_DOWNLOAD'
EXPORTING
filename = lv_file
filetype = 'DAT'
TABLES
data_tab = gt_excel1
EXCEPTIONS
file_open_error = 1
file_write_error = 2
invalid_filesize = 3
invalid_type = 4
no_batch = 5
unknown_error = 6
invalid_table_width = 7
gui_refuse_filetransfer = 8
customer_error = 9
OTHERS = 10.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
MESSAGE i000(zf) WITH text-017.
ELSE.
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HTMLLoader loading local content (SWF files) problem

Hello guys,
I'm just finishing my application but I facing a problem.
I'm currently developing a desktop application using AIR.
I'm using HTMLLoader to load local SWF files when te user tries to access specific content on the application.
I successfully accomplished this, but the loaded SWF also loads other files (assets and xml files with translations) and that is not working.
When a SWF is loaded he just stops on his own loading screen (when loading the XML files).
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public function CustomNativeWindow()
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private function onHtmlLoaderComplete(e:Event):void
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private function onWindowResize(e:Event = null):void
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Probably something related to security?
How can I fix this?
Is kinda urgente... deadline is coming...
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Thank you kglad for your fast response...
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URGENT -- loading SWF file locally from second time not remotely

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I have Air application which has theming and localization those are loading remotly every time. Now i want to changes such a way that,
theme.swf should load remotely first launch and second time onwords it should use locale swf.
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I download the swf to locale native path and using that path i can load the theme.
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at flash.display::MovieClip/nextFrame()
at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/deferredNextFrame()[E:\dev\4.x\frameworks\projects\framework\s rc\mx\core\FlexModuleFactory.as:631]
at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/update()[E:\dev\4.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\ FlexModuleFactory.as:401]
at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/moduleCompleteHandler()[E:\dev\4.x\frameworks\projects\framewo rk\src\mx\core\FlexModuleFactory.as:718]
VerifyError: Error #1014: Class mx.core::SpriteAsset could not be found.
at flash.display::MovieClip/nextFrame()
at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/deferredNextFrame()[E:\dev\4.x\frameworks\projects\framework\s rc\mx\core\FlexModuleFactory.as:631]
at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/update()[E:\dev\4.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\ FlexModuleFactory.as:401]
at mx.core::FlexModuleFactory/moduleCompleteHandler()[E:\dev\4.x\frameworks\projects\framewo rk\src\mx\core\FlexModuleFactory.as:718]
doubts:
IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN actual file(remote) and created file(written)
Please help me in this
Thanks
J Kishore

Verify that the file is written correctly.
If it is not written to the application-directory it will be sandboxed and
fail.

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    <meta name="Author" content="Hesh Wiener">
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      IBM Mainframes:<br>
       IBM z196 zEnterprise 2817 Mainframe Reference
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            2817  <br>
             MODEL
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           AVAIL
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        <th rowspan="2">EST  INIT<br>
        US PRICE  </th>
      <th rowspan="2"> EST INIT <br>
      MIN US MAINT</th>
        <th rowspan="2">
          APPROX MIPS
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        <th rowspan="2">
          SW PRICE<br>
           MSU
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        <th>
          LSPR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE
        </th>
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        <th>
          MI z/OS 1.11
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<tr>
    <td>2817-401</td>
    <td>3Q 10</td>
    <td>$975,000</td>
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    <td>240</td>
    <td>30</td>
    <td>0.43</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>2817-402</td>
    <td>3Q 10</td>
    <td>$1,187,000</td>
    <td>$6,729</td>
    <td>459</td>
    <td>58</td>
    <td>0.82</td>
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    <td>3Q 10</td>
    <td>$1,244,000</td>
    <td>$7,524</td>
    <td>588</td>
    <td>74</td>
    <td>1.05</td>
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<tr>
    <td>2817-403</td>
    <td>3Q 10</td>
    <td>$1,385,000</td>
    <td>$8,346</td>
    <td>672</td>
    <td>85</td>
    <td>1.20</td>
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    <td>3Q 10</td>
    <td>$1,423,000</td>
    <td>$9,434</td>
    <td>768</td>
    <td>97</td>
    <td>1.37</td>
</tr>
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    <td>2817-404</td>
    <td>3Q 10</td>
    <td>$1,570,000</td>
    <td>$10,665</td>
    <td>879</td>
    <td>110</td>
    <td>1.57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>2817-405</td>
    <td>3Q 10</td>
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Please help. thanks
Regards,
HC

add colspan into td tag and try it got same problem, I just discovered the td data is numeric it can't display, change td data to alphanumeric it workable to normal display.
below td tag data is unworkable:
<td>2817-401</td>
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change to below is workable:
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