From: Steve McMillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Playing SMIL files locally (CD-ROM)
I beleive the problem is that the player gets its working directory set
to the local machine's temp directory by Netscape. One way to avoid
this problem is to apply the following method. It is not the most
elegant method but it should get you out of your jam.
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A script can get the full path of the current HTML document using
"document.location". It should be possible to take the first letter of
that and choose the appropriate RAM file from a set named something like
c_foo.ram, d_foo.ram, e_foo.ram, etc. Something like:
function openRAM(ramPart)
{
docURL = window.location;
ramName = docURL.pathname[1] + "_" + ramPart;
window.open (ramName);
}
You then create a bunch of files like d_foo.ram that contain:
file://d|/demos/foo.smi
This seemed to work on my machine. Of course, it wouldn't work on a
Mac.
You'd probably want to check the window.clientInformation and only do
this for Navigator on PC.
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RealForum wrote:
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damon Betlow)
> Subject: Playing SMIL files locally (CD-ROM)
>
> Hi,
>
> I need help desperately.
>
> I can't seem to play a SMIL file from a cd-rom or locally in Netscape 4.7.
>
> Works fine with IE 5.0.
>
> I've tried linking directly to the SMIL file, using a .ram file to link to
> the SMIL file with:
> file://test.smi
> and
> file:test.smi
>
> How do I do this? I need to burn ASAP.
>
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