Question

I have the following code:

private function uploadFile(file:File, packageId:String):void {
            try {
                var fullpath:String = file.nativePath;
                var filename:String = fullpath.substr(fullpath.lastIndexOf("/")+1,fullpath.length);
                packageItem.status = "Uploading file: "+filename;
                file.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, function(event:ProgressEvent):void{uploadProgress(event, packageId)} );
                file.addEventListener(flash.events.Event.COMPLETE, function(event:flash.events.Event):void{uploadComplete(event, packageId)} );
                file.upload(urlRequest, packageId);
            } catch (error:Error) {
                logging.log(error.message); 
            }
        }

So i extract the filename from the path in a file object.

the files are comming from:

File.applicationStorageDirectory

The problem is that this isnt working for windows because they are using backslashes instead of slashes like mac osx does. What would be the best way to seperate the filename and file so it works on mac and windows?

Answer 1

Its fairly obvious.

The url property has the filesystem url of the file. So a file with a nativePath of

C:\Documents and Settings\some_file.txt

would have a url of

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/some_file.txt

Now you just need to split on / and you’re done.

P.S.: You might have to unescape the file name to remove the url-type formatting