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Adobe AIR - Load local text file

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  1. public var file:FileReference = new FileReference();
  2.  
  3. public function doLoad( event:Event ):void
  4. {
  5. 	file.addEventListener( Event.SELECT, doFileSelect );
  6. 	file.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, doFileComplete );
  7. 	file.browse( [new FileFilter( "Text File", "*.txt" )] );
  8. }
  9.  
  10. public function doFileSelect( event:Event ):void
  11. {
  12. 	file.load();
  13. }
  14.  
  15. public function doFileComplete( event:Event ):void
  16. {
  17.         // txtField is the instance name of a text field used to display loaded content.
  18. 	txtField.text = file.data.readMultiByte( file.data.bytesAvailable, "utf-8" );
  19. }

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