OK heres the deal guys.. Normally I use dreamweaver to just throw my .swf files into my web pages..BUT the way that dreamweaver embeds the flash files does not work with the preloader that I’ve made. SO I ended up using the FLASH export HTML publish feature thingy..which works GREAT! Only problem is I don’t want my SWF file to be in the same directory of the HTML file… so..

All I want is to be able to change the location of where this code is getting my SWF file! I pasted the code and the 2 parts that I changed are highlighted…. (I added Flash/ in front of the file name) IT DOSENT WORK! Why?? Thanks everyone!



<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="338" height="159" id="preloader" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
<param name="movie" value="flash/preloader.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <embed src="flash/preloader.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="338" height="159" name="preloader" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</noscript>

Sounds like a path issue. Are you referencing a path in your preloader ?

my preloader works fine when run from where it is. Its linking to a file thats in its directory. The problem is the HTML code..
OR am I mistaken??

Is the root of a SWF file determined from where that swf file resides? Or is it determined by the location of the HTML file thats calling it? owch my head hurts

Originally Posted by jpf566

Is the root of a SWF file determined from where that swf file resides? Or is it determined by the location of the HTML file thats calling it? owch my head hurts

I think it would be determined by the location of the HTML - if I understand right.

Is your HTML file in a different folder than the SWF file??

The way you are referencing the .swf file indicates it is in a subfolder of the .html file that is calling it. If it is not, you'll have to change your reference.

If it is up one level and then down one level, you would reference it as such:

../flash/preloader.swf

I think tucsonsam's right, just to explain, in case you don't quite understand. You are suggesting that
[html folder]/flash/preloader.swf
exists, if it is actually:
[folder]/[html folder]/[html file.html] and [folder]/flash/preloader.swf
you want his code.