Is it possible to know wich files are available in a specific web folder with AS2 or AS3?

Question

Hi there.

I would like to build an image gallery in Flash with AS2 or AS3 that detects automatically the number of images available in a specific folder (say a level below the swf file).

The goal is to don't have to config any xml files with the images to show.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

No. Since Flash is client side technology, this would be a can of worms in terms of security. There are a number ways to enumerate files in a directory using server side technology, wether it be WebDAV or a server side programming language such as PHP. You'd have to decide wether or not any of those may fit your purposes.