>The beginning or to add to the beginning. To prefix a header onto a packet means to place the header characters in front of the packet. "To prefix" is the opposite of "to append" characters at the end. As a verb, prefix is not English. The correct word is "prepend," but computer people are notorious for turning any English word into a computer term.
http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/prefix On 2/3/06, Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a word!) it > to > all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. > > damn, i always thought prepend was a real word. > > anyway, I dont know of a way to set the BASE tag in actionscript, and this > sounds like the solution i would go with. PREPEND all your calls with a > variable so they would look like xml.load(baseURL+"myfile.xml")...this way > if the baseURL variable doesn't exist, the call will still work. Then, if > you wanted to, you could pass in the baseURL value through flashvars or > something, so you wouldnt have to recompile whenever you wanted to change > it. > > > > > > On 2/3/06, Jan Schluenzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Unfortunately _lockroot doesn't fix the path problem. Even if the _root > > is > > being changed through _lockroot, the base path is still the one of the > > wrapping SWF. I guess I'll have to go with Ade's suggestion unless > > somebody > > has another idea... > > > > > > On 2/2/06, Cédric Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > did you try '_lockroot' ? > > > > > > cedric > > > > > > > > > > > > > You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a > > > > word!) it to > > > > all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. > > > > > > > > Ade > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]On Behalf Of Jan > > > > Schluenzen > > > > Sent: 02 February 2006 10:23 > > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE > > > > tag > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi- > > > > > > > > does anyone know of an ActionScript equivalent of accomplishing the > > > > effect > > > > of the BASE tag (part of the embed and object tags in HTML)? > > > > The problem is, I have a flash application that loads XMLs and SWFs > > > > relative > > > > to the application's base SWF "index.swf". > > > > Now I need to load my "index.swf" into another container, a stand- > > > > alone > > > > projector. I don't want to fix all paths within my application so > > > > that they > > > > are relative to the new container (which is outside my actual > > > > application > > > > folder). Is there some way to set the basepath through actionscript? > > > > > > > > To clarify, here's the structure of my app: > > > > > > > > + root > > > > index.swf > > > > some.swf > > > > other.swf > > > > + content/ > > > > foo.xml > > > > bar.xml > > > > > > > > Now with the new container, it will look like this: > > > > > > > > + root > > > > container.exe (Stand-alone Flash projector) > > > > + data > > > > index.swf > > > > some.swf > > > > other.swf > > > > + content/ > > > > foo.xml > > > > bar.xml > > > > > > > > > > > > Since all paths for loading files are now relative to the > > > > container.exeinstead of > > > > index.swf, everything's broken.. > > > > Is there an easy fix? > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
