1 step forward, 2 steps back
Once more I stumble on the flowers of the carpet. It was necessary to build a Flash application that would make the process of drawing my maps a visual process. That idea worked pretty well, especially because Flash supplies competent User Interface objects I wouldn�t have to make myself.
A problem came up however. I needed to loop through a specified local Folder recursively in order to load the *.gifs, *.pngs� and whatnot in the local file structure. Flash 8 has added� file management support with the FileReference class. It’s neat browse() function mimics HTML�s file input to pop the file browsing dialog. There were two problems with this class:
- � I couldn�t select a directory;
- �I couldn�t select multiple files.
Screwed aren�t we? I�ve also learned you could browse through local files using an ActiveX valid only for IE which is completely useless. All other solutions involve fetching the files using��server-side scripting like PHP or ASP which no one have installed on their desktop anyway (if you do have one of these installed, then you are official a nerd).
So, desperate but not without motivation, I�ve downloaded Mac�s software development package in hopes of building it on that platform. We�ll see how it goes. �