On Jan 6, 4:00 pm, Alpha Blue <[email protected]> wrote: > pharrington wrote: > > On Jan 6, 3:35 pm, Alpha Blue <[email protected]> wrote: > >> data from that file. How can I create a named route in routes.rb to > >> Thanks. > >> -- > >> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > This isn't what rails routing does (half of routing is pointless here, > > as with a sane setup the request never even hits the rails app). > > > If you only want a handy method of linking to the text file from your > > app, just create a helper method or a constant. > > I don't need a link. I need a route. There is no link. No one is > clicking any link on any page. The SWF is embedded on the page. The > SWF is attempting to pull data from a text file in its root directory. > If it can be done with a helper method - great, how? > > If not, I'm back to square one and need someone to answer my question. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Ok. The text file's in the app's /public directory... you don't need a route. That is what /public is for; a directory to serve static files directly via the web server, *bypassing* your app. Just access it from your swf like you would any other resource thats in /public.
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