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From: mad_valentine on 24 Apr 2008 07:11
Hi,

I have a website that will be run on a computer (not on a web server, and it
may be moved around onto other machines).

There is a webpage in the root folder, which has a flash file embedded in it
using the default dreamweaver cs3 embed script.
The flash SWF file is located in a folder called Media.
The flash swf access two files that are also in the Media folder: a css style
sheet and an xml content file.


When running the SWF locally, it locates the XML and CSS perfectly.
When embedding it in the webpage, it becomes apparent that the path that it is
using to find these files is now relative to the webpage itself and no longer
to the SWF.

I do not really want to have to define the paths differently in teh SWF file
(some files will be used in different places and will need to be demo'ed as
they stand).

Notably, i do not get the same issue once the file is uploaded to a test
webserver, however this material will not be on a web server ultimately.

Is there a way of forcing either Flash or DW to use the paths in the SWF
relative to the SWF rather than relative to teh webpage - a line of
actionscript for example that will force the paths to be seen as relative from
the swf.

I have looked at this page
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_04157 and also at
various other methods of embedded Flash into a page (e.g the swfobject method)
but have had no luck with those and wanted to know if any one had found a
solution in a more direct manner. (I have not invested a lot of time into those
solutions as did not know if they are what I need or not - If either will fix
the issue, do let me know and I shall persevere with it!).

Many thanks

Liz

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