# How to browse a disk folder to get all the files names?

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**Created:** [August 13, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-browse-a-disk-folder-to-get-all-the-files-names/4566 "2002-08-13T14:27:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![dec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dec](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dec)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-browse-a-disk-folder-to-get-all-the-files-names/4566/1 "2002-08-13T14:27:23Z")

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I’d like to get all the file names of files in a subfolder of myflash.exe projector file (and dipaly these names in a dynamic text field).

Is there a way to browse a folder to get files names (working on PC and Mac) ?

Thanks  
Philippe

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-browse-a-disk-folder-to-get-all-the-files-names/4566/2 "2002-08-13T15:33:37Z")

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Avec PHP, mon Philou, avec PHP. The question is: does your host support PHP?

pom :asian:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-browse-a-disk-folder-to-get-all-the-files-names/4566/3 "2002-08-13T15:51:42Z")

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Hye Pom,

My app is not running on a server.

I’m talking of a standalone .exe (with projector/flash 6 embeded) running on a client PC or Mac.

My exe has to look at .swf files in a subfolder to list their names to the user. The user clicks to select and the .swf plays in a level…

The number of swf files may vary depending on how much files the user put in the folder (after a download by example).

Hope it’s clearer.

Phil