# How to fileupload in Flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fileupload-in-flash/282327
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fileupload-in-flash/282327 "2009-02-20T11:18:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![swathi84\_k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@swathi84\_k](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swathi84_k)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-fileupload-in-flash/282327/1 "2009-02-20T11:18:07Z")

</div>

Hi…

Iam working on flash/Action Script 3.0

I am working on Fileuploading in flash.I am not getting.My code looks like:

```auto

import flash.net.FileReference;
import flash.net.FileFilter;

upload_txt.border=true;
var url:String = "http://localhost:8080/SampleApplication1/attachment";
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);

//var urlrequest:URLRequest("");
var imageTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Images (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, *.png)", "*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.gif; *.png");
var textTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Text Files (*.txt, *.rtf)", "*.txt; *.rtf");
var allTypes:Array = new Array(imageTypes, textTypes);
var fileRef:FileReference = new FileReference();

fileRef.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, selectHandler);
function selectHandler(event:Event):void {
    upload_txt.text=fileRef.name;
    
    var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
        
        variables.attachment=upload_txt.text;
        
        req.data = variables;
}
browse_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,onUploadbtn);
function onUploadbtn(evnt:MouseEvent):void {

    fileRef.browse(allTypes);

}

submit_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,onSubmitbtn)

function onSubmitbtn(evnt:MouseEvent):void
{
    fileRef.upload(req);
}
 

```

In the above code when submit\_mc is clicked iam getting the error as follows:  
\*\*  
Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2038: File I/O Error.  
at sampleupload\_fla::MainTimeline/sampleupload\_fla::frame1()

\*\*and Iam not able to get the absolute path for fileRef.browse(allTypes);  
please help me…its urgent