External images in Flash Object

[trilok]

Hi there,

I tried to find a post with a similar problem but with no luck so I'll start one.

I have made a Flash menu which loads external pics with a script that uses transitions. Well it works fine in a flash player, but when I insert that swf in the AM4 and use it as a external reference the images will not show up. The Flash animation is fine but no images - no error message.

I would appriciate any comment or possible solution.
Thanks in advance

Trilok

[Lorne]

Re: External images in Flash Object

Since the Flash file is accessing the images externally, it has to be looking for them somewhere...what is the path where it is expecting to find the images?

After you build/burn your AutoPlay application, what is the path to those images then?

One guess is that those two paths are different...which means you'll have to change the paths in the Flash file so it finds the image files where they actually are.

[trilok]

Re: External images in Flash Object

the path in the flash file is relative. A line from the script:
loadMovie("/fotky/priprava/image"+whichPic+".jpg", "square");
So I had the FOTKY folder in the DATA folder-no good. I had it in the DISTRIBUTION folder -noluck...

I understand the problem with paths, I am only having problem to find the spot.

When I Build the AutoPlay app the FOTKY folder is in DATA folder but it still cannot find them.

I have also tried having the Flash file external as internal with no change.

Thanks for the feedback [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Lorne]

Re: External images in Flash Object

You sure that's a relative path? I don't know Flash so well, but doesn't a starting slash designate the root of the volume?

foo/tree.txt <--- starts from current directory
/foo/tree.txt <--- starts from root

Not being fully versed in Flash, I could be totally wrong, though.

[Lorne]

Re: External images in Flash Object

The other thing you could try is add some kind of action script to your Flash file to make it report the path it is running from...its current directory may not be the location of the .swf file.

BTW - thanks for actually doing a search first before posting. We really appreciate that. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[AGRO]

Re: External images in Flash Object

Well, I find it easier to load the pic from the same directory as the .swf that is loading them. I see you are loading to a movieclip target rather than a level. If it were me I would try this. Put your Flash .swf in the Resources/Flash folder with the pics you are wanting to load. Then in Flash have your actionscript something like this:


<font color=blue>loadMovie("myPic1.jpg", "square");</font color=blue>


I just opened AMS and made a quick demo and it worked fine.

[Lorne]

Re: External images in Flash Object

Hey AGRO, was I right about the initial slash? I'm curious as to how Flash handles that. (Or is the "root" something that you can set within the actionscript, with a root() function or something.)

[Corey]

Re: External images in Flash Object

There's also loadjpg Agro but I'm sure you knew that, i.e.

myPicture.loadjpg("myjpg.jpg");

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[AGRO]

Re: External images in Flash Object

Lorne, the slash was replaced by the "." in version 5 of Flash. But you are right

Corey, yeah I don't load much pics in flash because of resizing in flash and the raster problems. But the myPicture and loadMovie work just the same as you know.

[Corey]

Re: External images in Flash Object

Hmmm, that's odd. As you well know about 90% of high end flash uses photos, I do it all the time without any hassle whatsoever. Just for the record, I believe that loadMovie and loadJpg aren't the exact same thing but it doesn't really matter, as long as you have a good way to get the results you need it's all good.

Yes slash notation was deprecated in vers. 4 for current dot syntax.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[trilok]

Re: External images in Flash Object

Thanks Lorne [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

You were right. (It was not relative.)

| foo/tree.txt <--- starts from current directory
| /foo/tree.txt <--- starts from root

Removing the slash made all the difference and it's only a small change in the script. U got a beer from me! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Thanks to all the other possible solutions guys [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Cheerz

[Lorne]

Re: External images in Flash Object

U got a beer from me!

Cool! I'll make it a Kokanee. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Glad to hear it worked out well.