Flash MX 2004 7.2.
FLfile.getAttributes(fileOrFolderURI)
fileOrFolderURI A string, expressed as a file:/// URI, specifying the file or folder whose attributes you want to retrieve.
A string that represents the attributes of the specified file or folder. Results are unpredictable if the file or folder doesn’t exist. You should use FLfile.exists() before using this method.
Method; returns a string representing the attributes of the specified file or folder, or an empty string if the file has no specific attributes (that it, it is not read-only, not hidden, and so on). You should always use FLfile.exists() to test for the existence of a file or folder before using this method. Characters in the string represent the attributes as follows:
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R — fileOrFolderURI is read-only
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D — fileOrFolderURI is a folder (directory)
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H — fileOrFolderURI is hidden (Windows only)
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S — fileOrFolderURI is a system file or folder (Windows only)
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A — fileOrFolderURI is ready for archiving (Windows only)
For example, if fileOrFolderURI is a hidden folder, the string returned is "DH".
The following example gets the attributes of the file mydata.txt and displays an alert box if the file is read-only.
var URI = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt";
if (FLfile.exists(URI)){
var attr = FLfile.getAttributes(URI);
if (attr && (attr.indexOf("R") != -1)) { // Returned string contains R. alert(URI + " is read only!");
}
}