Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag
Okay, thanks everyone!
On 2/5/06, Tyler Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> In flash you'll have to do your own BASE tag. You'll either need to
> prepend
> which is probably the best way to go, or do something crazy like
>
> MovieClip.prototype.oldLoadMovie = MovieClip.prototype.loadMovie;
> MovieClip.prototype.loadMovie = function(url) {
> this.oldLoadMovie("http://prepended.BASE"; + url);
> }
>
> However, I strongly recommend you don't do this in real coding that others
> might curse you for ;)
>
> if the baseURL variable doesn't exist, the call will still work. Then, if
> > you wanted to, you could pass in the baseURL value through flashvars or
> > something, so you wouldnt have to recompile whenever you wanted to
> change
> > it.
>
>
> Only in Flash 6 ... if you have a Flash 7+ movie you're value will end up
> "
> undefinedmyfile.xml". It's one of those annoying things you just have to
> keep track of. Just remember to validate your flashvars.
>
> _global.baseURL = (_root.baseurl != undefined) ? _root.baseurl : "";
>
> Tyler
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Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag
In flash you'll have to do your own BASE tag. You'll either need to prepend
which is probably the best way to go, or do something crazy like
MovieClip.prototype.oldLoadMovie = MovieClip.prototype.loadMovie;
MovieClip.prototype.loadMovie = function(url) {
this.oldLoadMovie("http://prepended.BASE"; + url);
}
However, I strongly recommend you don't do this in real coding that others
might curse you for ;)
if the baseURL variable doesn't exist, the call will still work. Then, if
> you wanted to, you could pass in the baseURL value through flashvars or
> something, so you wouldnt have to recompile whenever you wanted to change
> it.
Only in Flash 6 ... if you have a Flash 7+ movie you're value will end up "
undefinedmyfile.xml". It's one of those annoying things you just have to
keep track of. Just remember to validate your flashvars.
_global.baseURL = (_root.baseurl != undefined) ? _root.baseurl : "";
Tyler
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Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag
>The beginning or to add to the beginning. To prefix a header onto a packet means to place the header characters in front of the packet. "To prefix" is the opposite of "to append" characters at the end. As a verb, prefix is not English. The correct word is "prepend," but computer people are notorious for turning any English word into a computer term. http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/prefix On 2/3/06, Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a word!) it > to > all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. > > damn, i always thought prepend was a real word. > > anyway, I dont know of a way to set the BASE tag in actionscript, and this > sounds like the solution i would go with. PREPEND all your calls with a > variable so they would look like xml.load(baseURL+"myfile.xml")...this way > if the baseURL variable doesn't exist, the call will still work. Then, if > you wanted to, you could pass in the baseURL value through flashvars or > something, so you wouldnt have to recompile whenever you wanted to change > it. > > > > > > On 2/3/06, Jan Schluenzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Unfortunately _lockroot doesn't fix the path problem. Even if the _root > > is > > being changed through _lockroot, the base path is still the one of the > > wrapping SWF. I guess I'll have to go with Ade's suggestion unless > > somebody > > has another idea... > > > > > > On 2/2/06, Cédric Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > did you try '_lockroot' ? > > > > > > cedric > > > > > > > > > > > > > You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a > > > > word!) it to > > > > all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. > > > > > > > > Ade > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]On Behalf Of Jan > > > > Schluenzen > > > > Sent: 02 February 2006 10:23 > > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE > > > > tag > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi- > > > > > > > > does anyone know of an ActionScript equivalent of accomplishing the > > > > effect > > > > of the BASE tag (part of the embed and object tags in HTML)? > > > > The problem is, I have a flash application that loads XMLs and SWFs > > > > relative > > > > to the application's base SWF "index.swf". > > > > Now I need to load my "index.swf" into another container, a stand- > > > > alone > > > > projector. I don't want to fix all paths within my application so > > > > that they > > > > are relative to the new container (which is outside my actual > > > > application > > > > folder). Is there some way to set the basepath through actionscript? > > > > > > > > To clarify, here's the structure of my app: > > > > > > > > + root > > > > index.swf > > > > some.swf > > > > other.swf > > > > + content/ > > > > foo.xml > > > > bar.xml > > > > > > > > Now with the new container, it will look like this: > > > > > > > > + root > > > > container.exe (Stand-alone Flash projector) > > > > + data > > > > index.swf > > > > some.swf > > > > other.swf > > > > + content/ > > > > foo.xml > > > > bar.xml > > > > > > > > > > > > Since all paths for loading files are now relative to the > > > > container.exeinstead of > > > > index.swf, everything's broken.. > > > > Is there an easy fix? > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > ___ > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > ___ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag
>You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a word!) it to all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. damn, i always thought prepend was a real word. anyway, I dont know of a way to set the BASE tag in actionscript, and this sounds like the solution i would go with. PREPEND all your calls with a variable so they would look like xml.load(baseURL+"myfile.xml")...this way if the baseURL variable doesn't exist, the call will still work. Then, if you wanted to, you could pass in the baseURL value through flashvars or something, so you wouldnt have to recompile whenever you wanted to change it. On 2/3/06, Jan Schluenzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unfortunately _lockroot doesn't fix the path problem. Even if the _root is > being changed through _lockroot, the base path is still the one of the > wrapping SWF. I guess I'll have to go with Ade's suggestion unless > somebody > has another idea... > > > On 2/2/06, Cédric Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > did you try '_lockroot' ? > > > > cedric > > > > > > > > > You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a > > > word!) it to > > > all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. > > > > > > Ade > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jan > > > Schluenzen > > > Sent: 02 February 2006 10:23 > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE > > > tag > > > > > > > > > Hi- > > > > > > does anyone know of an ActionScript equivalent of accomplishing the > > > effect > > > of the BASE tag (part of the embed and object tags in HTML)? > > > The problem is, I have a flash application that loads XMLs and SWFs > > > relative > > > to the application's base SWF "index.swf". > > > Now I need to load my "index.swf" into another container, a stand- > > > alone > > > projector. I don't want to fix all paths within my application so > > > that they > > > are relative to the new container (which is outside my actual > > > application > > > folder). Is there some way to set the basepath through actionscript? > > > > > > To clarify, here's the structure of my app: > > > > > > + root > > > index.swf > > > some.swf > > > other.swf > > > + content/ > > > foo.xml > > > bar.xml > > > > > > Now with the new container, it will look like this: > > > > > > + root > > > container.exe (Stand-alone Flash projector) > > > + data > > > index.swf > > > some.swf > > > other.swf > > > + content/ > > > foo.xml > > > bar.xml > > > > > > > > > Since all paths for loading files are now relative to the > > > container.exeinstead of > > > index.swf, everything's broken.. > > > Is there an easy fix? > > > > > > Jan > > > ___ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > ___ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag
Unfortunately _lockroot doesn't fix the path problem. Even if the _root is being changed through _lockroot, the base path is still the one of the wrapping SWF. I guess I'll have to go with Ade's suggestion unless somebody has another idea... On 2/2/06, Cédric Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > did you try '_lockroot' ? > > cedric > > > > > You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a > > word!) it to > > all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. > > > > Ade > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jan > > Schluenzen > > Sent: 02 February 2006 10:23 > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE > > tag > > > > > > Hi- > > > > does anyone know of an ActionScript equivalent of accomplishing the > > effect > > of the BASE tag (part of the embed and object tags in HTML)? > > The problem is, I have a flash application that loads XMLs and SWFs > > relative > > to the application's base SWF "index.swf". > > Now I need to load my "index.swf" into another container, a stand- > > alone > > projector. I don't want to fix all paths within my application so > > that they > > are relative to the new container (which is outside my actual > > application > > folder). Is there some way to set the basepath through actionscript? > > > > To clarify, here's the structure of my app: > > > > + root > > index.swf > > some.swf > > other.swf > > + content/ > > foo.xml > > bar.xml > > > > Now with the new container, it will look like this: > > > > + root > > container.exe (Stand-alone Flash projector) > > + data > > index.swf > > some.swf > > other.swf > > + content/ > > foo.xml > > bar.xml > > > > > > Since all paths for loading files are now relative to the > > container.exeinstead of > > index.swf, everything's broken.. > > Is there an easy fix? > > > > Jan > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > ___ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > ___ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag
did you try '_lockroot' ? cedric You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a word!) it to all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jan Schluenzen Sent: 02 February 2006 10:23 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag Hi- does anyone know of an ActionScript equivalent of accomplishing the effect of the BASE tag (part of the embed and object tags in HTML)? The problem is, I have a flash application that loads XMLs and SWFs relative to the application's base SWF "index.swf". Now I need to load my "index.swf" into another container, a stand- alone projector. I don't want to fix all paths within my application so that they are relative to the new container (which is outside my actual application folder). Is there some way to set the basepath through actionscript? To clarify, here's the structure of my app: + root index.swf some.swf other.swf + content/ foo.xml bar.xml Now with the new container, it will look like this: + root container.exe (Stand-alone Flash projector) + data index.swf some.swf other.swf + content/ foo.xml bar.xml Since all paths for loading files are now relative to the container.exeinstead of index.swf, everything's broken.. Is there an easy fix? Jan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag
You could do it manually. Create a variable and prepend(not a word!) it to all your loadMovie(), load() etc. calls. Ade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jan Schluenzen Sent: 02 February 2006 10:23 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag Hi- does anyone know of an ActionScript equivalent of accomplishing the effect of the BASE tag (part of the embed and object tags in HTML)? The problem is, I have a flash application that loads XMLs and SWFs relative to the application's base SWF "index.swf". Now I need to load my "index.swf" into another container, a stand-alone projector. I don't want to fix all paths within my application so that they are relative to the new container (which is outside my actual application folder). Is there some way to set the basepath through actionscript? To clarify, here's the structure of my app: + root index.swf some.swf other.swf + content/ foo.xml bar.xml Now with the new container, it will look like this: + root container.exe (Stand-alone Flash projector) + data index.swf some.swf other.swf + content/ foo.xml bar.xml Since all paths for loading files are now relative to the container.exeinstead of index.swf, everything's broken.. Is there an easy fix? Jan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] ActionScript equivalent of embed/object BASE tag
Hi- does anyone know of an ActionScript equivalent of accomplishing the effect of the BASE tag (part of the embed and object tags in HTML)? The problem is, I have a flash application that loads XMLs and SWFs relative to the application's base SWF "index.swf". Now I need to load my "index.swf" into another container, a stand-alone projector. I don't want to fix all paths within my application so that they are relative to the new container (which is outside my actual application folder). Is there some way to set the basepath through actionscript? To clarify, here's the structure of my app: + root index.swf some.swf other.swf + content/ foo.xml bar.xml Now with the new container, it will look like this: + root container.exe (Stand-alone Flash projector) + data index.swf some.swf other.swf + content/ foo.xml bar.xml Since all paths for loading files are now relative to the container.exeinstead of index.swf, everything's broken.. Is there an easy fix? Jan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
