So, I’m doing my first attempts to write some simple apps in Adobe Flex using Flash Builder 4.6. One of funny things I came across was how to generate open file dialog windows and get name of the file which user picked from dialog windows. I guess still have to get used to specific way Flex applications are developed.

Here is quick code snippet of the tiny application which allows to open file dialog box and pick file. File dialog window will be OS specific.

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