"I would recommend that you rewrite your Flash app so that you can specify a fully-qualified URL as an argument in flashvars, then have them specify the fully-qualified URL to the XML file."
Now that is a really good idea... ------Original Message------ From: Dave Watts Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] problem with paths Sent: Jan 22, 2010 3:27 PM > The leading slash was just a typo in my email, but the code doesn't start > with a leading slash, so that can't be the problem. Well, in that case, it's doing something completely different. It's expecting to find the XML file in a subdirectory within the directory containing the current page URL. > It's on an intranet, so an internal website that people like me, who are > external, can't see or access [and they won't grant me access either]. We > can't just tell them "sorry" because they are some huge multinational > company, and we are a small local agency... > > They sent me the path names of where they put the file, and where it is > being loaded from, so I tried hardcoding the exact path into my AS file for > the XML file, but it still wont load it. > > I know that if I make them test my HTML file that I used, which sits in the > same folder as the resources, it works for them JUST FINE... > > So it is when they try and load it from a different directory on the same > server that it doesn't. > > Something like: > > http://theirsite.com/flash > > Is being read from: > > http://theirsite.com/someotherplace/somesubfolder > > Is there something else I need to set, it loads the SWF from: > > http://theirsite.com/flash > > just fine, but it won't load the XML from: > > > http://theirsite.com/flash/xml/data.xml > > Any other ideas? I would recommend that you rewrite your Flash app so that you can specify a fully-qualified URL as an argument in flashvars, then have them specify the fully-qualified URL to the XML file. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Nathan Mynarcik Interactive Web Developer nat...@mynarcik.com 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
