Directory Listing from Web

Hi All,

I am trying to populate a menu with a list of PDF files from
a particular folder. I’ve got this working perfectly for a local
path using the FileXtra4 xtra, but I’m stumped with getting a
folder from the web. I’ve tried the Buddy Web xtra, but it returns
an empty list when I use:

fileList = bwFileList(”
http://www.awebsite.com/stuff/”,
“*.*”, [])

Maybe I could embed a Flash Movie and have Flash pass the
list to Director?

I’m using Director and Flash MX 2004

Any help much appreciated

Thanks guys,|||
BaldBloke wrote:

> I am trying to populate a menu with a list of PDF files
from a

> particular folder. I’ve got this working perfectly for a
local path

> using the FileXtra4 xtra, but I’m stumped with getting a
folder from

> the web. I’ve tried the Buddy Web xtra, but it returns
an empty list

> when I use:

>

> fileList =
bwFileList(“ftp://www.palmhousedesign.co.uk/stuff/”,

> “*.*”, [])

Is that supposed to be a valid URL? Have you tried it in a
browser?

And remember you don’t want to publish a valid FTP server
address if it

isn’t password-protected.

Andrew

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Hi,

I’m not sure about Buddy Web xtra (I’ve not used it), but you
have a couple of other options:

1. Use the excellent free and for absolutely no sane reason
depreciated MultiUSer Xtra to create a network connection with an
ftp server and use standard ftp commands to get a directory
listing. see
http://www.lingoworkshop.com/Testzone/FTP_Client_Test.php

2. Use getNetText to ask a server-script to return the list
of files. This is probably the safest but is dependent on the
server (example php script attached).

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Thanks Lukewig,

Unfortunately I don’t think I can run php on the remote
server. Also, my version of Flash doesn’t understand getNetText.
Maybe time for an upgrade…

Anyway, I got the Buddy Web xtra to work. The bwFileList
command has to be run with an FTP protocol, not HTTP which I was
trying before. You have to incude a username and password too,
which I hadn’t done the first time. So I’m going to buy the Buddy
Web xtra and use that.

Thanks for your time, guys, much appreciated…

George

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