Adobe Air, AS3 and trace();

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So ive just really got to grips with AS2 then AS3 kicks me right in the balls!!

Im trying out a Air app where you simply drag and drop a jpg onto the app and it loads the jpg… its from a flv tut from gotoandlearn.com.

the problem im having is i want to drag and drop jpgs from a browser window and have it load. Its weird because the process works in the .swf format but when published in Air it cant pick up the Url/path anymore???

(desktop drag and drops work fine as it can find the path)

Heres the code:



import flash.desktop.NativeDragManager;
import flash.events.NativeDragEvent;
import flash.desktop.ClipboardFormats;

var imageLoader:Loader = new Loader();
dropBox.addChild(imageLoader);



this.addEventListener(NativeDragEvent.NATIVE_DRAG_ENTER, onDragEnter);
this.addEventListener(NativeDragEvent.NATIVE_DRAG_DROP, onDragDrop);

function onDragEnter(e:NativeDragEvent):void{
	var fa:Object = e.clipboard.getData(ClipboardFormats.FILE_LIST_FORMAT);
	
	if(fa[0].extension=="jpg"){
		NativeDragManager.acceptDragDrop(this);
	}
}

function onDragDrop(e:NativeDragEvent):void{
	var fa:Object = e.clipboard.getData(ClipboardFormats.FILE_LIST_FORMAT);
	
	imageLoader.load(new URLRequest(fa[0].url));
	//trace(fa);
}

what do i need to do to alter:

imageLoader.load(new URLRequest(fa[0].url));

to make it get the correct path? or is this simply a security problem/issue?

Why does the .swf work but not the Air app?

And finally i tried to trace the issue but how can i trace when publishing in Air?

Any help would be great. Thanks!