Luis' suggestion to load a small local file first is a good one (a blank page works fine). I've had to do it a few times.
Terry... > Hiya, > > I'd say it's a spin-up issue. Insert a delay and see if that stops it > from happening. Or: Prior to the URL fetch ask it to read in a small > text file from the CD to get it going and then fetch the URL. Or: Get > the volume info OF THE CD. Essentially they are just different ways > to get the drive to spin-up. > I've found 'fast' old drives take longer to spin-up. > > Cheers, > > Luis. > > > On 31 May 2007, at 18:14, jbv wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I am struggling with a problem involving altBrowser on Windows. >> >> I have a standalone that uses altBrowser to display local html files >> that include swf files. On each html file I have included the >> client-side >> flash plug-in detection script fund on the Adobe website. >> >> When the standalone runs on my HD, everything works fine. >> But when it runs on a CD-Rom, sometimes (and only sometimes), when >> loading the local html file (also on the CD-Rom), altBrowser briefly >> displays an error message (the kind of message you get online when >> your browser can't access an url), and then loads the html + swf files >> correctly.. >> This problem occurs only seldom, and on some Win boxes only... >> >> I'm using the standard revBrowserOpen( windowId, url) found in the >> docs. >> >> Does anyone know what can cause this ? Is it related to the delay >> needed for loading the files on the CD-Rom ? Is there a way to >> avoid it >> ? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> JB -- Dr Terry Judd Lecturer in Educational Technology (Design) Biomedical Multimedia Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3052 AUSTRALIA 61-3 8344 0187 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution