Using the native file system API

The OpenFL native file system API includes the following classes:

• File

• FileMode

• FileStream

The file system API lets you do the following (and more):

• Copy, create, delete, and move files and directories

• Get information about files and directories

• Read and write files

More Help topics

• Native file system basics
• Working with File objects in OpenFL
• Getting file system information
• Working with directories
• Working with files
• Reading and writing files
• FileStream open modes
• Initializing a FileStream object, and opening and closing files
• The position property of a FileStream object
• The read buffer and the bytesAvailable property of a FileStream object
• Asynchronous programming and the events generated by a FileStream object opened asynchronously
• Data formats, and choosing the read and write methods to use
• Using the load() and save() methods