[Flashcoders] relative path issue
Hello all, Painful discovery. This technique works great on a PC, not on a MAC. Any ideas? -- Michael ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] relative path issue
I don't know why, but this email cam to me like this: Hello all, Painful discovery. This technique works great on a PC, not on a MAC. Any ideas? -- Michael Michael A. Jordan schrieb: Hello all, Painful discovery. This technique works great on a PC, not on a MAC. Any ideas? -- Michael ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] relative path issue
To all those trying to test loading of data from relative paths locally, here's a little secret I've learned. At least with Flash 8, the Flash IDE stores the path of the last file opened and treats it like the server root. Let's say you have a local environment with two main directories, a source directory and a deploy directory. - source/ main.fla - subdirectory/ secondary.fla - deploy/ main.swf - subdirectory/ secondary.swf - xml/ data.xml The source file source/main.fla publishes to deploy/main.swf. The source file source/subdirectory/secondary.fla publishes to deploy/subdirectory/secondary.swf. Both main.swf and secondary.swf load an xml file from the path /xml/data.xml. If you open the file secondary.fla within the Flash IDE and test the movie using CTRL+ENTER, the published file secondary.swf will not be able to locate the file /xml/data.xml, because the FlashPlayer will search from the path source/subdirectory/. However, if you then open deploy/main.swf from within the Flash IDE, the opened file main.swf will be able to locate the file /xml/data.xml, because the FlashPlayer will search from the path deploy/, treating it as if it were a server root. Now if you switch tabs back to secondary.fla and test again using CTRL+ENTER, the published file secondary.swf will be able to locate the file /xml/data.xml, because the FlashPlayer will search from the path of the last file opened, deploy/. I hope someone finds this useful. It's been a real timesaver for me. I used to rely on branching for System.capabilities.playerType, but with more complex projects and directory structures it became unmanageable. Cheers, Michael ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] relative path issue
Hi all, As many before me, I can't get rid of a Error opening URL file: message... I set up a small swf that locally access to an xml file ( these two files are in the same dirB) Now using a loadMovie command,I try to load this small swf module into a main one that is located in a parent dirA //dirA/main.swf //dirA/dirB/child.swf //dirA/dirB/child.xml I don't want any absolute path into child.swf neither to relocate child.xml into dirA. Is there a clean (easy?) way to make child module recover access to its xml ? Thank you ! Eric ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] relative path issue
did you try the path ./dirB/child.xml? On 4/6/06, elr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, As many before me, I can't get rid of a Error opening URL file: message... I set up a small swf that locally access to an xml file ( these two files are in the same dirB) Now using a loadMovie command,I try to load this small swf module into a main one that is located in a parent dirA //dirA/main.swf //dirA/dirB/child.swf //dirA/dirB/child.xml I don't want any absolute path into child.swf neither to relocate child.xml into dirA. Is there a clean (easy?) way to make child module recover access to its xml ? Thank you ! Eric ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] relative path issue
I think he says that when testing the child.swf there is no error but when loaded inside the parent SWF the error shows... The only way I manage to come over this is to test inside the child.swf if it is embeded inside another swf... if so, I modify my path to the xml. You can also put inside the parent SWF a variable telling where is the XML folder... and if the child.swf can read that parent variable than set the path accordingly. //if you have _lockroot inside your child.swf... check the synthaxe before use ;-) ... var AppendPathFolder:String = ; if(_root._parent.PathToFolderXML != undefined) AppendPathFolder = _root._parent.PathToFolderXML; MyXML.load(AppendPathFolder+ /child.xml); A+ Éric. Manuel Saint-Victor wrote: did you try the path ./dirB/child.xml? On 4/6/06, elr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, As many before me, I can't get rid of a Error opening URL file: message... I set up a small swf that locally access to an xml file ( these two files are in the same dirB) Now using a loadMovie command,I try to load this small swf module into a main one that is located in a parent dirA //dirA/main.swf //dirA/dirB/child.swf //dirA/dirB/child.xml I don't want any absolute path into child.swf neither to relocate child.xml into dirA. Is there a clean (easy?) way to make child module recover access to its xml ? Thank you ! Eric ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] relative path issue
OUPS... Change this line : MyXML.load(AppendPathFolder+ /child.xml); to this : MyXML.load(AppendPathFolder+ child.xml); and put the / inside the parent's PathToFolderXML variable! Éric Thibault wrote: I think he says that when testing the child.swf there is no error but when loaded inside the parent SWF the error shows... The only way I manage to come over this is to test inside the child.swf if it is embeded inside another swf... if so, I modify my path to the xml. You can also put inside the parent SWF a variable telling where is the XML folder... and if the child.swf can read that parent variable than set the path accordingly. //if you have _lockroot inside your child.swf... check the synthaxe before use ;-) ... var AppendPathFolder:String = ; if(_root._parent.PathToFolderXML != undefined) AppendPathFolder = _root._parent.PathToFolderXML; MyXML.load(AppendPathFolder+ /child.xml); A+ Éric. Manuel Saint-Victor wrote: did you try the path ./dirB/child.xml? On 4/6/06, elr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, As many before me, I can't get rid of a Error opening URL file: message... I set up a small swf that locally access to an xml file ( these two files are in the same dirB) Now using a loadMovie command,I try to load this small swf module into a main one that is located in a parent dirA //dirA/main.swf //dirA/dirB/child.swf //dirA/dirB/child.xml I don't want any absolute path into child.swf neither to relocate child.xml into dirA. Is there a clean (easy?) way to make child module recover access to its xml ? Thank you ! Eric ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] relative path issue
yes, Manuel, ./dirB/./dirB/child.xml works but it prevents any relocation of files without code update. :( Can't we imagine a kind of environment variable returning swf's path? A kind of ? Eric At 2006-04-06 10:08, you wrote: did you try the path ./dirB/child.xml? On 4/6/06, elr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, As many before me, I can't get rid of a Error opening URL file: message... I set up a small swf that locally access to an xml file ( these two files are in the same dirB) Now using a loadMovie command,I try to load this small swf module into a main one that is located in a parent dirA //dirA/main.swf //dirA/dirB/child.swf //dirA/dirB/child.xml I don't want any absolute path into child.swf neither to relocate child.xml into dirA. Is there a clean (easy?) way to make child module recover access to its xml ? Thank you ! Eric ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] relative path issue
You can create your own variable based on:
System.capabilities.playerType
It will be External when in the IDE. Other values include ActiveX,
PlugIn and one other which I can't remember.
So something like:
if (System.capabilities.playerType == External) {
path = ../;
} else {
path = ../../../../../../../;
}
Adrian
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] relative path issue
yes, Manuel, ./dirB/./dirB/child.xml works but it prevents any
relocation of files without code update. :(
Can't we imagine a kind of environment variable returning swf's
path? A kind of ?
Eric
At 2006-04-06 10:08, you wrote:
did you try the path ./dirB/child.xml?
On 4/6/06, elr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
As many before me, I can't get rid of a Error opening URL file:
message...
I set up a small swf that locally access to an xml file ( these two
files are in the same dirB)
Now using a loadMovie command,I try to load this small swf module
into a main one that is located in a parent dirA
//dirA/main.swf
//dirA/dirB/child.swf
//dirA/dirB/child.xml
I don't want any absolute path into child.swf neither to relocate
child.xml into dirA.
Is there a clean (easy?) way to make child module recover access to its
xml ?
Thank you !
Eric
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Re: [Flashcoders] relative path issue
Yes, I finally see this approach: 1 - as you suggest, make child.swf detect its running mode (embedded or not) 2 - pass relative path to main.swf through a flashvar I 'll have a look at System.capabilities lib. Thx to all of you for your fast answers ;-) Eric At 2006-04-06 10:23, you wrote: I think he says that when testing the child.swf there is no error but when loaded inside the parent SWF the error shows... The only way I manage to come over this is to test inside the child.swf if it is embeded inside another swf... if so, I modify my path to the xml. You can also put inside the parent SWF a variable telling where is the XML folder... and if the child.swf can read that parent variable than set the path accordingly. //if you have _lockroot inside your child.swf... check the synthaxe before use ;-) ... var AppendPathFolder:String = ; if(_root._parent.PathToFolderXML != undefined) AppendPathFolder = _root._parent.PathToFolderXML; MyXML.load(AppendPathFolder+ /child.xml); A+ Éric. Manuel Saint-Victor wrote: did you try the path ./dirB/child.xml? On 4/6/06, elr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, As many before me, I can't get rid of a Error opening URL file: message... I set up a small swf that locally access to an xml file ( these two files are in the same dirB) Now using a loadMovie command,I try to load this small swf module into a main one that is located in a parent dirA //dirA/main.swf //dirA/dirB/child.swf //dirA/dirB/child.xml I don't want any absolute path into child.swf neither to relocate child.xml into dirA. Is there a clean (easy?) way to make child module recover access to its xml ? Thank you ! Eric ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
