An installed AIR app is not supposed to reside in bin-debug. You can use File.applicationStorageDirectory, File.desktopDirectory, File.documentsDirectory... with resolvePath().
thomas parquier --- http://www.web-attitude.fr/realisations/ msn : thomas.parqu...@web-attitude.fr softphone : sip:webattit...@ekiga.net <sip%3awebattit...@ekiga.net> téléphone portable : +33601 822 056 2010/4/16 Davis Ford <davisf...@zenoconsulting.biz> > > > Hi, so I am using FlashBuilder 4, and I'm using FlexUnit4 to create unit > tests. > > For some tests I need to load a file as input. I can't seem to load a > file from a relative path. All the air examples have you use the > static defined places and want you to navigate from there (e.g. > File.documentsDirectory), but this isn't really a good option for > running unit tests. > > My project structure is the standard Flex layout. > > Let's say I have this: > > src/assets/file.txt > > When the project builds, this is copied into > > bin-debug/assets/file.txt > > The .swf that has the test runner also executes from bin-debug, so why > can't I do this: > > var file:File = new File("assets/file.txt"); > > When I do, it throws an exception. Same thing if I try > > var file:File = new File(); > file.nativePath = "assets/file.txt"; > > Interestingly enough, I can load this file using URLLoader, but that > seems to be the only way. It seem bizarre that URLLoader works, but > File does not, unless I am missing something? > > Regards, > Davis > >
