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snackvanopen88
Inspiring
September 16, 2011
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document interchange on ipad

  • September 16, 2011
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I'm using Flash Professional CS5.5, publishing as AIR for iOS. I want to be able to open .ppt, .doc, .xls etc files that are in the app's documents folder using the default installed viewer. Works fine as a Windows desktop app but not on ipad. Does anyone know if there is any access to Apple's Document Interchange feature from Flash/AIR?

Thanks.

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Adobe Employee
Ashutosh Sharma
Adobe Employee
September 19, 2011

If you're using File.openWithDefaultApplication on Windows, that API is not supported on iOS. However, you could possibly try navigateToURL with a file: URL.

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Adobe Employee
Ashutosh Sharma
Adobe Employee
September 19, 2011

Another developer reported that navigateToURL didn't work. Could you please vote for the issue at: http://ideas.adobe.com/ct/ct_a_view_idea.bix?c=9D564F43-979A-4E35-AA21-85A61B6AB8DE&idea_id=6B8A5F97-BD20-4CCE-A921-1D6006B4608E (This is for Android, but you could mention in your comment that this makes sense for iOS too).    

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snackvanopen88Author
Inspiring
September 19, 2011

Thanks for your reply. I was trying File.openWithDefaultApplication (which didn’t work) and then tried navigateToURL (which I think did work for .jpgs and .pdfs, opening them in a browser window). This was a few days ago and I can’t get it to work again, I’m starting to wonder whether I imagined it…

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