Re: FLASH: Relative Pathnames using Test Movie command

[Mark Zukiwsky]

Earlier I wrote:


>>Is there anything equivalent to using "*" (the star character) in the

>>"loadmovie" action for a root relative pathname while testing a movie

>>using the "Test Movie" command (from the Control menu). I'm trying to load

>>movies that reside in folders inside my "root" or "*" folder.

>>

>>I can load a movie successfully using the "Publish Preview Command", or

>>when I load my site from my server, but I can't get any movies to load

>>when I use the "Test Movie" command. I'd really like to have access to the

>>trace window.

>>

>>Am I missing something? BTW, I'm using Flash 4.



Kurt Dommermuth replied:


>I'm not aware of an equivalent to "*", but you can use "../" before the

>file name to climb up directories.   Forgive me if this is something you

>were already aware of, but for instance if you wanted to load "movieA.swf"

>into "movieB.swf" and "movieA.swf" is one directory level up, then the path

>name would look like;

>

>Load Movie ("../movieA.swf", (pick a level)).

>

>If "movieA.swf" were two levels up then it would look like

>

>Load Movie ("../../movieA.swf", (pick a level)).

>

>and so on.

>

>I just tested this and had success with it on my local machine, but I

>should say that a long time ago I had problems with this on a client's

>server.  Unfortunately I can't remember what the specific problems were,

>but ultimately I realized that the best thing to do was to include all

>.html and .swf files in the same directory.  Sloppy, but consistent.

>

>hope this helps,



Sorry, maybe I didn't state the problem clearly enough, plus "." 

(period) is the character to set all movie paths relative to that 

movie, "main.swf" in my case (see below).


Let's just say this is my directory structure:


root_folder

   main.swf

   head_folder

     head_1.swf

     head_2.swf

     head_3.swf

     head_4.swf

   content_folder

     content_1.swf

     content_2.swf

     content_3.swf

     content_4.swf


So, my root_folder contains two other folders; head_folder and 

content_folder. Basically, I'm trying to load the movies "head_1.swf" 

and "content_1.swf", which are located in the "head_folder" and 

"content_folder" respectively, into "main.swf" which is at the root 

level.  What I'm trying to do is duplicate this loadmovie command, 

called from movie "main.swf", that works in Publishing Preview and 

from my server, but not from the "Test Movie" command in the Control 

menu.


Load Movie ("." & "/head_folder/head_" & eval("_level0:mod_ID_" & 

_level0:current_module) & ".swf", 6)

Load Movie ("." & "/content_folder/content_" & eval("_level0:mod_ID_" 

& _level0:current_module) & ".swf", 3)


I guess what I'm asking is there an equivalent to "." that I can use 

when I run the "Test Movie" command. I really need to be able to see 

my traces.


That's what I'm looking for.


Mark Zukiwsky

Edmonton, Canada


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