My first time with flex (how to scan a remote folder)

[dragonair1]

hi there I've taken a sample code and I'm trying to recode it to suit my needs



As you can see images are defined in the array the problem is I don't want to
recompile
my flex application every time I add a image to the "img" folder is there a
way I can
scan the folder and have all file names added to my array every time the
application is launched
if not can someone show me how to code a loop that will search the
destination for specific file names if they exist then add them to the array if
they don't then don't add them to the array, thanks for your time

<Array id="dataSet">
<String>img/11.jpg</String>
<String>img/12.jpg</String>
</Array>


<local:DisplayShelf id="shelf" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"
borderThickness="5" borderColor="#FFFFFF" dataProvider="{dataSet}"
enableHistory="false" width="100%"/>

[laurent pinson]

take a look at the FileReference and the FileReferenceList

[dragonair1]

I've had a quick look over those functions and they let the user select the
files don't they? I'm looking for a way to list all files in that dir and
populate my array with them if I'm wrong here can you quickly draw up an
example of them in use? Could I just say FileReferenceList(myfolderurl) and
populate my array with it?

I have generated a php script that lists only images in the dir and it works
([url]http://dinogod.adrianhosting.com/smf/coverflow/list.php[/url]) I've set it to list
file names per line

but I don't know how to feed this into my array being completely new to this I
do need a lot of guidance

thanks for your reply mind

[dragonair1]

bump :(

[VarioPegged]

The Flash Player (Flex) doesn't allow you to scan the file system the way you'd
like. You'd have to use PHP as an intermediary to get info on any files within
a directory, generate the XML from that and have Flex consume the XML.

TS

[dragonair1]

Thanks for your reply I'll have a look for some php forums having trouble adding my string with the filenames in to a xml file

[dragonair1]

okay I have produced a php script that makes xml files
out of what ever is in the image directory you can view it here
[url]http://dinogod.adrianhosting.com/smf/coverflow/list.php[/url]
now how do I import this into flex and put it into my data provider

<local:DisplayShelf id="shelf" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"
borderThickness="5" borderColor="#FFFFFF" dataProvider="{}"
enableHistory="false" width="100%"/>

?

[VarioPegged]

Use the HTTPService component to load the XML. See the
[url]http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/index.html[/url] for complete info.

<mx:HTTPService id="service"
url="http://dinogod.adrianhosting.com/smf/coverflow/list.php" useProxy="false"
method="POST" resultFormat="e4x">

Then you can either have a result handler where you assign the result to a
variable or do something else with it, or you could just assign the service's
lastRequest to the data provider.

<local:DisplayShelf id="shelf" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"
borderThickness="5" borderColor="#FFFFFF"
dataProvider="{service.lastResult.image.url}" enableHistory="false"
width="100%"/>

TS