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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You need to use the FileLocation variable to get the full path
to the external path. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>myData.load("Overview.txt");<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>works in the browser, because the XMLEngine.swf is in the same
folder; when in authoring mode, the XMLEngine.swf is in the Xerte application
folder, so it looks in that folder when you only specify the fiename.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You can use _level0.engine.FileLocation to get the first bit of
the path, i.e:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>myData.load(_level0.engine.FileLocation + "Overview.txt");<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>HTH,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>J<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick
Lockley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 04, 2009 4:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Loading External Content<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Hi Steve,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>It fails me for me when I press
the f5 key – but it works fine if I publish it then look at in a web browser
(via index.htm).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Might be a sandbox / security
setting on your flash player?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Pat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>steve.frank@lucite.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 March 2009 15:46<br>
<b>To:</b> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Loading External Content<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:72.0pt'><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am attempting
to load some external content into a Xerte project but I'm having difficulty getting
this to work when the content itself gets data from an external file.</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The project
uses a custom interface and contains a couple of graphics icons together
with a number of flex style accordian panes, listitems and tabs. Selecting the
appropriate combination should load the required external content into the
graphic icons using the loadImage() method. e.g.
displayGraphic.loadImage(FileLocation + 'Media/Pane1/Graphics.swf')</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The external
content is always in the form of an .swf file however there are two distinct
types. </span><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>One contains a
number of scenes that are linked by some actionscript. All the graphics are
contained within the .swf and this type of file loads and operates without
issue.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The second type
contains only a single dynamic text block together with a ScrollPane component.
The timeline contains the following ActionScript to load the text from a
plaintext file at runtime:</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>myData
= new LoadVars();</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>myData.onLoad
= function(success){</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>
if (success) {</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>
myText_txt.htmlText =
this.text;</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>
} else {</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>
myText_txt.htmlText =
"<b>Flash has failed to load the text file!<b>";</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>
}</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>};</span>
<br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>myData.load("Overview.txt");</span>
<br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Overview.txt is
located in the same directory as the .swf and is in the form "text=Required
text etc. etc. etc..."</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>When I test the
.swf, it loads and displays the content of Overview.txt as expected, however
when I try to get Xerte to load this file I get the "Flash has failed to
load the text file!" message.</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Displaying text
from an external source file is going to be a major part of this project so I
need to get this to work.</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Being an
Authorware refugee, I'm only just getting started with Flash and Xerte so would
appreciate any help!</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Steve<br>
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