I'm obviously thoroughly confused. Presumably -use-network must be true in order to run the "folder" from the server, because the swf will be local once it's trying to read the XML config file sitting beside the SWF on the server.
I'm hoping I don't need a different SWF for the second scenario (unzipping a folder and opening the wrapper html locally. I just tried again, launching the debugger, even without setting -use-network to false, and this time it worked. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Richard Rodseth <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm not sure we're all talking about the same thing, but there must be > zillions of SWFs accessing external XML configurations without any user > intervention. > I haven't tested on a web server yet, but this -use-network=false seems > appropriate. > > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Amy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Oleg >> Sivokon <olegsivo...@...> wrote: >> > >> > No, it is different. If the SWF is embedded in HTML page, it requires >> that >> > you specify the trusted locations on your machine, so it could load >> > content: >> > >> http://macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html >> > Read carefully the text in gray under the picture. >> > But, if you launch it in standalone player, then, I reckon, it should be >> > able to access local files. >> > >> >> No, I am pretty sure you (and all your users) will need to use the >> Settings Manager page in order to trust the directory with your XML in it. >> >> Apparently, you can provide a config file to get around this: >> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b90204-7c95.html, >> but the directory where this is supposed to live doesn't even exist on my >> computer, and there is no clue of where to get one to use as a starting >> point. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Amy >> >> >> > >
