How to call a FileReference.browse() from JavaScript?

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I am trying to call the browse() method of the FileReference class from JavaScript (a user clicks on a text that uses the ExternalInterface to call a method in Flash).

Unfortunately, I receive an error that tells me it has to be a direct action of the user (like clicking a button). I have searched through Google and realized this is a new security feature in Flash 10.

The only solutions I could find was to put a Flash button or to have a hidden flash button over the text, that will call the browse() method.

I wanted the browser only to show JavaScript and all the Flash code only called from JavaScript.

Is there please any way I could please do that?

Thank you very much, Rudy

That's the only way to show a Flash file dialog. You can however do stuff like that with HTML 5, without Flash. Google it :P — Bart van Heukelom, May 27 '10 at 21:54

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '10 at 21:00

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The only solutions I could find was to put a Flash button or to have a hidden flash button over the text, that will call the browse() method.

Those are the only solutions.

answered May 25 '10 at 21:00

Eli Grey

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How to call a FileReference.browse() from JavaScript?

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