Ah, you're right Ian. My post wasn't really a reply to your sollution, the topic "File Exists - a better way" just triggered a memory to the code I posted. I just wanted to contribute a bit to the original topic (it was a long, tiresome day).
But perhaps it might be useful in some other way? For example if you'd like to preload/cache a few files when your application starts that can be used later on... Oh well, sorry for the noise. Bart 2006/3/18, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bart, > Firstly, I'm not sure why that's a reply to my posting - and > secondly, why would you want to do that..? > > The original poster asked if there was a way of checking whether a > file exists sooner than waiting for the whole file to load. Your > solution loads the whole file via LoadVars - which would take the same > amount of time as loading it normally. My solution is a quick call to > a webserver and a few bytes worth of response - much quicker than > (say) loading a 250Kb file... > > Ian > > On 3/18/06, Bart Wttewaall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ian: "There's no Flash native hack as far as I know." > > > > You can check (and cache while you're at it) any file by using LoadVars: > > > > var file:String = "anyFileType.exe"; > > > > var fileExists:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); > > fileExists.onLoad = mx.utils.Delegate.create(this, doCheck); > > fileExists.load(file); > > > > function doCheck(success:Boolean) { > > if (success) trace("File "+file+" exists."); > > else trace("File "+file+" does not exist."); > > } > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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