Select and access local SWF files within an AIR application

import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.filesystem.File;
import flash.filesystem.FileMode;
import flash.filesystem.FileStream;
import flash.system.LoaderContext;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
import mx.controls.SWFLoader;
 
// File reference
var swfFile: File;
 
// Open the SWF file
var fileStream: FileStream = new FileStream();
    fileStream.open( swfFile, FileMode.READ );
 
// Read SWF bytes into byte array and close file
var swfBytes: ByteArray = new ByteArray();
    fileStream.readBytes( swfBytes );
    fileStream.close();
 
// Prepare the loader context to avoid security error
var loaderContext: LoaderContext = new LoaderContext();
    loaderContext.allowLoadBytesCodeExecution = true; // that's it!
 
// Now you could use this with a Loader instance
var loader: Loader = new Loader();
    loader.loadBytes( swfBytes, loaderContext );
 
// Or you could use this with a SWFLoader instance
var swfLoader: SWFLoader = new SWFLoader();
    swfLoader.loaderContext = loaderContext;
    swfLoader.source = swfBytes;