is it possible...

[Boombanguk]

to read the favourites folder? say in IE, with using Apollo? I know its possible to save a URL to someones favourites using JS, but is the reverse possible?

boombanguk

[Boombanguk]

I've just been told Zinc can do this, so can Apollo/AIR??

[Chris_Seahorn]

Zinc...hmmm...let me tell you a secret about my copy of Zinc. Even in beta.....AIR rendered it useless to me.


Enough of that...Favorites folder?...sure can.....

[Boombanguk]

rendered useless? you mean you have no need for zinc anymore?

thanks for that screenshot, so I know now its possible! , but can you post some code or point me to some code that does that? or is it something really simple to do with AIR?

[Chris_Seahorn]

rendered useless? you mean you have no need for zinc anymore?

Play with that Scrappy example (drag in/ drag out) and you may feel the way I do

thanks for that screenshot, so I know now its possible! , but can you post some code or point me to some code that does that? or is it something really simple to do with AIR?

Yeah, that was populated with a FileSystemList component simply pointing to the Favorites directory as the parent of the list. You can target directories and files just like Zinc and I don't have to use one of the components if I don't want to (I just did there because it was quick) and can target any file(s) or directories and maniupulate them in many ways irregardless of a component. The AIR developers guide explains better than I can (with examples) how they handle the file system.

[Boombanguk]

cool, thanks.

[Boombanguk]

Play with that Scrappy example (drag in/ drag out) and you may feel the way I do Yeah, that was populated with a FileSystemList component simply pointing to the Favorites directory as the parent of the list. You can target directories and files just like Zinc and I don't have to use one of the components if I don't want to (I just did there because it was quick) and can target any file(s) or directories and maniupulate them in many ways irregardless of a component. The AIR developers guide explains better than I can (with examples) how they handle the file system.

What are we talking here, Flex builder of Flash CS3 to create the above example? because I would much rather use Flash.

[Boombanguk]

how would I create the example you gave using Flash CS3/AIR extension?