Photoshop Plugin Panel creation - accessing the file system

[mfal]

I am trying to write a plugin that can export content from photoshop .

My problem is setting the export directory from the Panel UI I am creating with Flex.

So far I was able to find some working code for

var fileRef:FileReference = new FileReference();

fileRef.browse();

But my goal is selecting a file or a directory and it seems to me that FileReference() is only used to upload a file.

Then I also found some documentation for the File class that allow a similar functionality but Flex complains that the Type File was not found and I cannot get enough documentation to implement this secondary file browser in my photoshop plugin.

Am I missing something?

[mfal]

Ok, the File class is available in Air only... and that might sounds ideal but I cannot visualize Air components as Photoshop Panels... why ?

Photoshop Panel Developer's Guide mentions Flex/Flash projects and not Air projects.

Flash comes with all the web related restrictions which make no sense in a Photoshop user environment.

Does anyone solved this file browsing system ?

[Tom Ruark]

In CS4 you are running in non AIR runtime. For CS4 I would use jsx (JavaScript) and the File and Folder objects available there from Photoshop.

In CS5 you are running in AIR runtime so your code should work.

[mfal]

I will wait for CS5 then.

Thanks