Is it possible to drag and drop files from local file system into a Flex application?

Question

Hello,

I would like to know if it is possible to create a Flex application accepting the drop of local files?

The aim is to only retrieve the full path/name of the file in the local file system.

Google results are mainly about dragging and dropping items inside a flex application.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, not with a browser-hosted Web application, no -- the drag-and-drop APIs are only available to Flex applications targeting Adobe AIR.

Answer 2

No. And due to security concerns, flex doesn't let you read the full path name of the file even while uploading a file.

Answer 3

As others have said, due to security issues, you cannot using Flex. You can however use AIR which is desktop-based, to drag and drop things into it, using the dragManager().