Modules are external swf files loaded by Flashcommander at runtime.
Modules are stored in bin/modules.


Flashcommander comes with 5 modules:

• TextEditor – edit text based files (txt, html, php, xml, js, etc.)
• ImageViewer – image editor: resize, crop and rotate images
• VideoPlayer – plays flv video
• SwfPlayer – loads swf files
• Mp3Player – plays mp3 files

You can hire us to create custom modules. A custom module could be:

• a form for file search
• a batch rename tool
• an email sending form on which you can drag files to be sent
• a form which displays and edits xml data
• a form which displays and updates SQL data
• an online tool for converting videos with ffmpeg
• etc.

You can create your own modules in two ways:

• create a plain Flex module
• create a module by extending org.flashcommander.module.FlashCommanderModule class

This latter is recommended because it has some built in functionality.




To get started download this project and import it into Flex Builder:

• flashcommander_lib.swc is alread added to the build path
• ModuleSample.mxml extends FlashCommanderModule and has some basic functionality implemented:
• communicates with the application
• receives the path of the current directory and the selected file
• dispatches events to refresh file lists
• accepts file drops
• add your own code

When your module is compiled copy the swf to bin/modules.

Then edit config.xml – add a new item to the modules node:

• name – this appears in the Modules menu
• data – this has to be ‘module’
• url – the path to the module
• ext – specify and the file extensions you want to handle with this module