# FileReference.Browse

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-browse/294418>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 13, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-browse/294418 "2009-08-13T17:22:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filereference-browse/294418/1 "2009-08-13T17:22:26Z")

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When I browse to select the file I have an event listener that listens for Event.SELECT.

On the pc, I trace(event.target.type)

It will trace out:

.jpg  
.gif  
.png or whatever

On a mac I get null!

What gives? I looked up macType, but I dont understand where/how to use it, but I think that may be my solution