File - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 ) API Reference

Please check if the issue has been resolved on AIR 3.8.

Thanks,

Alex Quiroz..

The File.browseForOpen functionality worked correctly (as described in this reference) in AIR 3.5, however does not work as described in AIR 3.6 or AIR 3.7. It was possible (when working) to preload the File with a directory before calling the File.browseForOpen so the dialog box could be opened in a previously selected directory. Starting in AIR 3.6 this functionality no longer works. It opens in the last directory selected by the user, which may not be the desired location, thus requiring the user to manually navigate to the appropriate directory (assuming the user remembered where that directory was)!

Adobe has acknowledged the problem. It was identified as a high priority problem, but has since been reduced to medium priority for some reason. No workaround has been identified.