pharrington wrote: > On Jan 6, 4:00 pm, Alpha Blue <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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.
Thanks mate. This is what I didn't realize. I moved the file definitions.txt to public\ and everything is working fine now. I appreciate the clarification. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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