Couldnt you use the _url property of the parent MC to return the fully qualifed path to the swf (including the drive letter)? Then do a _url + relativePathtoFLV?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helmut Granda Sent: 07 September 2006 16:22 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb drive 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. 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