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package 
{
	import fl.controls.Button;
	import fl.controls.DataGrid;
	import fl.controls.TextArea;
	import fl.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridColumn;
	import fl.data.DataProvider;
 
	import flash.display.MovieClip;
	import flash.events.Event;
	import flash.events.MouseEvent;
	import flash.filesystem.File;
 
	public class Main extends MovieClip
	{
 
		public var choose:Button;
		public var output:TextArea;
		public var directoryList:DataGrid;
 
		private var folder:File;
 
		public function Main()
		{
			super();
 
			choose.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, showDirectorySelection );
 
			var col1:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn();
			var col2:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn();
			var col3:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn();
			var col4:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn();
 
			col1.headerText = "File name";
			col1.dataField = "name";
			directoryList.addColumn( col1 );
 
			col2.headerText = "File size";
			col2.dataField = "size";
			directoryList.addColumn( col2 );
 
			col3.headerText = "File extension";
			col3.dataField = "extension";
			directoryList.addColumn( col3 );
 
			col4.headerText = "Creation date";
			col4.dataField = "creationDate";
			directoryList.addColumn( col4 );
		}
 
		private function showDirectorySelection( event:MouseEvent ):void
		{
			folder = new File();
 
			folder.addEventListener( Event.SELECT, directorySelected );
			folder.browseForDirectory("Choose a directory on your system");
		}
 
		private function directorySelected( event:Event ):void
		{
 
			output.appendText("Selected folder: "+folder.nativePath+"\n");
 
			var directoryContents:Array = folder.getDirectoryListing();
			var dp:DataProvider = new DataProvider();
			var folderNum:int = -1;
			var item:File;
 
			for each( item in directoryContents )
			{
				if( item.isDirectory )
				{
					folderNum++;
					dp.addItemAt( item, folderNum );
				}
 
				else
				{
					dp.addItem( item );
				}
			}
 
		directoryList.dataProvider = dp;
		}
	} 
}