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  1. private var fileToSave:File = File.documentsDirectory;
  2.  
  3. // click handler
  4. protected function buttonExportToCSV_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
  5. {
  6.    fileToSave.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, fileToSave_selectedHandler);
  7.    fileToSave.browseForSave("Save .CSV");
  8. }
  9.  
  10. protected function fileToSave_selectedHandler(event:Event):void
  11. {
  12.    var nativePath:String;
  13.    if( fileToSave.extension == null ) {
  14.      nativePath = fileToSave.nativePath + ".csv";
  15.    }
  16.    else {
  17.      nativePath = fileToSave.nativePath.substr(0, fileToSave.nativePath.lastIndexOf(fileToSave.extension)) + ".csv";
  18.    }
  19.  
  20.    var file:File = new File(nativePath);
  21.    if( file.exists ) {
  22.       Alert.show("There already exists a .csv file of that name", "Exporting Aborted");
  23.    }
  24.  
  25.    var stream:FileStream = new FileStream();
  26.    stream.open(file.FileMode.WRITE);
  27.    stream.writeUTFBytes(value); // value being the clipboard content
  28.    stream.close();
  29. }

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