Concerns about reading a file in Flash 10

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Published on 2010-04-06T03:37:55Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 3:43 UTC
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Hi,

I'd like to read an xml file on a user's machine (which can be kind of large). There's no point in me sending the file to my server as I can do all the work I need on the file right on the client's machine. Not sure if this is a good fit though, was wondering if anyone can answer these questions before I dive in:

  1. I see at adobe's website that Flash 10 has like 94% penetration, is this true, I thought it was just released not too long ago?
  2. After opening the xml file in flash, is it possible to just throw it to a javascript function on my same page for further processing? I'd like to go into flash world for as short a time as possible.
  3. Is it at all common to use flash for file upload stuff? I heard aol/flickr are?
  4. I would need to buy flash in order to do this right, they don't have a free ide/compiler yet?

Thanks

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