Flex's FileReference.save() can only be called in a user event handler — how can I get around this?

Question

I need to call FileReference.save() after a web service call has completed, but this method has a restriction: \"In Flash Player, you can only call this method successfully

Answer 1

I had this same issue, I chose to use flash.net methods. Call flash.net.navigateToURL(url); from an actionscript or navigateToURL(url); from mxml.