the tricky part is to find what drive letter it is for the person that is using your app, as you know some people have more than 1 external drive runing.
I wonder if a for loop would fix the case. On 9/7/06, Éric Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If I understand correctly, I can use relative path if project is on a CD, the WEB or on a local drive but have to use absolute path if its on a removable or remote drive? :-\ Thanks for the clarifications! :-) Kent Haynes a écrit : > Yeah it worked...thanks John > > -kent > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > Grden > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:34 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb drive > > try the drive letter > > On 9/7/06, Kent Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Okay we're accessing them with relative paths. The exe is located at >> the base of the directory and the flv's are in >> > "\english\flv\myFlv.flv" > >> So I'm doing FLVPlayback.contenPath = "\english\flv\myFlv.flv" >> >> Do I need to have the drive letter in there as well? >> >> >> I just tried changing the publish settings to the access network only >> and it didn't do anything. >> >> Thanks >> -kent >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John >> Grden >> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:13 AM >> To: Flashcoders mailing list >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb drive >> >> also, try setting your publish settings for Flash 8 to "access network >> > > >> only" >> and see if that helps, after you get the drive letter thing worked >> > out. > >> On 9/7/06, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> If you use a UNC url you can't load/play FLV's - it won't work. >>> >>> you have to have a drive letter mapped. I assume, though, that your >>> > > >>> USB has a drive letter - yes? >>> >>> bad: \\serverName\folder\myfile.flv >>> >>> good: J:\folder\myfile.flv >>> >>> >>> On 9/7/06, Kent Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> I just gave that a shot and no luck. >>>> >>>> Thanks for the idea though... >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>>> Guy McLoughlin >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:08 PM >>>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb >>>> drive >>>> >>>> >>>> Have you tried shortening the file name to something DOS >>>> > compatable? > >>>> ( 8 characters + extension ) >>>> >>>> i.e. Classrom.flv >>>> >>>> >>>> - Guy >>>> >>>> At 06:20 PM 06/09/2006, Kent Haynes wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's not huge 3.9 MB. >>>>> >>>>> But we've just discovered some more info. It's definitely >>>>> related to the FAT32 file system. We formatted two partitions on >>>>> > > >>>>> the drive >>>>> >>>>> one NTFS and another FAT32 and sure enough the NTFS plays fine >>>>> FAT32 doesn't play. So I was looking for weird characters in the >>>>> >> path. >> >>>>> Nothing out of the ordinary. Path + name = >>>>> english/flv/Classroom.flv I >>>>> >>>> >>>>> also tried english\flv\Classroom.flv to no avail. >>>>> >>>>> None of our package structures are deep at all. >>>>> >>>> -------------------------- >>>> Guy McLoughlin >>>> New Media Developer >>>> Toronto Ontario Canada >>>> E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> --------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >>>> > > >>>> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> [ JPG ] >>> >>> >> >> -- >> [ JPG ] >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> 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 >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> 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 >> >> > > > > -- =============================================================== Éric Thibault Programmeur analyste Réseau de valorisation de l'enseignement Université Laval, pavillon Félix-Antoine Savard Québec, Canada Tel.: 656-2131 poste 18015 Courriel : [EMAIL PROTECTED] =============================================================== Avis relatif à la confidentialité / Notice of Confidentiality / Advertencia de confidencialidad < http://www.rec.ulaval.ca/lce/securite/confidentialite.htm> _______________________________________________ [email protected] 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
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