load image from filesystem in flex - apache-flex

Question

i have the following:
<s:Image source="{path}/imageName"/>
how can i determine that path to load the image from filesystem lets say from
C:\Users\sstauross\Desktop ??

Answer 1

Edit : If you want to select a specific path, the user will have to confirm the path himself first using the FileSystemList
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
private var userPath:String;
protected function button_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
userPath = fsList.selectedPath;
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout/>
</s:layout>
<mx:FileSystemList id="fsList"/>
<s:Label text="{fsList.selectedPath}"/>
<s:Button label="Confirm folder selection" click="button_clickHandler(event)"/>
</s:WindowedApplication>
Here's one way to do it
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" creationComplete="creationCompleteHandler(event)">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
[Bindable]
private var desktopPath:String;
protected function creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
{
desktopPath = File.desktopDirectory.nativePath.toString();
}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<mx:Image source="{desktopPath}/myFile.jpg"/>
</s:WindowedApplication>

Answer 2

The answer to what i was looking was very simple because i put
<s:Image source="C:\Users\sstauross\Desktop\imageName"/>
instead of
<s:Image source="C:/Users/sstauross/Desktop/imageName"/>
notice the "\" instead of "/"...
Thanks a lot for your answers!