There is no save() method in FileReference Class of Flex

Question

i'm trying to export the content of DataGrid into PDF

var bytes:ByteArray = myPDF.save(Method.LOCAL);
var f:FileReference = new FileReference();
f.save(bytes,"TestAttachment.pdf"); 
/* Call to a possibly undefined method save through a reference with static type flash.net:FileReference. */

i'm using AlivePDF version 0.1.4.9 and flex builder 3 for building a simple Flex Application

Philarmon Philarmon · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-08T13:18:35

A FileReference is just a reference to a file, you are looking for a FileStream. Assuming the ByteArray is already the PDF content:

var bytes:ByteArray = myPDF.save(Method.LOCAL);
var file:File = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath("myPDF.pdf");
var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();

fileStream.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);
fileStream.writeBytes(bytes);
fileStream.close();

For directory locations on different devices, check this out

There is no save() method in FileReference Class of Flex

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