FLASH: URL Relative References

[Neil MacLennan]

Hi there,


Having recently checked my server error logs if find that I'm getting

several "File does not exist" errors concerned with URLs coming from .swfs


Is there an absolute rule about how relative URLs are calculated?


For example: take an html file and it's embedded .swfs


/docs/index.html

/docs/media/flash1.swf


If I create a GO TO URL action in flash1.swf of, say "/boats/file1.htm"


when it's clicked on, is this URL created relative to the html file or the

.swf? That is, will the resulting pathname be:


1) /docs/boats/file1.htm

or

2) /docs/media/boats/file1.htm


Because the latter of the two is a similar format to the error in the log

files.


I don't know what browser the person who's created my error-log entries was

using but I'll put money on it that it was MacIE4.5


Anyone got any experience of this or can someone categorically say which of

the two paths I will get each and every time the URL is clicked.


TIA


Neil MacLennan

neilreality [dot] co [dot] uk

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