ah sumly cool. Thanks for showing off. I love it. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Robert Leisle <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here's another version: > > var str:String = "http://www.yourDomain.com/dir1/dir2/dir3/preloader.swf";; > var intFirst:int = str.indexOf(".com/") +5; > var intLast:int = str.lastIndexOf("/")+1; > var intPathLen:int = intLast - intFirst; > // ---- > var serverName:String = str.substr( 0, intFirst ); > var directoryPath:String = str.substr( intFirst, intPathLen ); > var fileName:String = str.substr( intLast ); > // ---- > trace( "serverName: "+serverName, "\ndirectoryPath: "+directoryPath, > "\nfileName: "+fileName ); > > > Cheers, > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of maurice > sallave > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:11 PM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] swf paths... > > Thanks for the replies. I'll be looking into both. > > kind of been playing around with this as well: > str = _url; > slash = str.lastIndexOf("/"); > str = str.substring(slash+1, str.length); > dot = str.lastIndexOf("."); > filename = str.substring(0, dot); > directoryLocation = _url.split(filename + ".swf").join(""); > > and setting it to frame 1. > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Robert Leisle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Maurice, > > > > How about sending it in as a URL variable when you load preloader.swf > into > > the html page? > > > > In the HTML: > > <object .....> > > <param name="movie" value="swf/preloader.swf?path=swf/" /> > > ... > > <embed src="swf/preloader.swf?path=swf/" .../> > > </object> > > > > Then in preloader.swf: > > var ojtParams:Object = this.loaderInfo.parameters; > > var swfPath:String = ojtParams.path; > > > > > > hth, > > Bob > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of maurice > > sallave > > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Flashcoders] swf paths... > > > > Hello! > > First time on here, so thanks for any advice. > > I'm pulling in a preloader.swf file into an html file that sits at root > > "swf/preloader.swf". All my swf's are located in a swf directory that > gets > > preloaded into this preloader.swf - simple enough. I'd like to try to > keep > > my server as clean as possible without having to hard-code the path into > > the > > preloader.swf file and don't want to use flashvars as a way of > referencing > > my targeted path. Is there another way of doing this? Of course if I put > > the html file inside the swf directory, everything works, but it defeats > > the > > purpose of keeping my server organized. I hope this makes sense and again > > thanks in advance. > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
