Loading local swf files

[SachinSolanki]

Hi,

I am trying to load a local SWF file using SWFLoader something like :

myLoader.load("c:/temp/abc.swf");

but i am getting security error # 2148 for accessing local resources.

Please help me to resolve this problem.

Thanks,
Sachin

[the binary]

did u tried a relative path.. ?

[SachinSolanki]

The folder where SWFs are located is outside the webserver, so i don't think relative path would work :-/

[pixum]

heya ... do you use flash or flex? i had some issues with this using flex, and it helped to change the compiler arguments ... let me know, for flex i have something to try ...

[SachinSolanki]

I am using flex.
I did try changing the compiler options. I used -use-network=false
but it didn't help :-(

[pixum]

o.k., that was my suggestion, but also make sure you delete this one -locale en_US ...

[pixum]

if that doesn't help you would need to dig deeper into flashplayer's security settings, and maybe create a crossdomain policy for that one ...

[SachinSolanki]

Hi Pixum,

Both my flex application and the SWF files are on the same server, but they lie in different folders. I think cross domain policy would not help. Please let me know if you think otherwise.

Also please let me know some workaround if you can.

Thanks,

[pixum]

heya ... well, i know that problem, and even if the setup looks quite simple, it can be a pain in the ass.
it's all about application domains, so you should take a look at flash.security & flash.system classes for the application domain functions.
you need to take a look yourself, i have no out-of-the-sleeve solution to it, sorry.
i used a lot of times the quick & dirty way of putting all my swfs in a folder structure in my src folder in flex for example. but of course i understand, that this is not always possible. the flash sandbox security settings are on my highest priority list ;) ... i would be thankful if you post your solution when you got it!

[SachinSolanki]

Hi,

Finally it worked for me :-).
I got the swf file streamed using a JSP and then hit the JSP url to get the streamed swf file. Loaded the streamed swf file using Loader and URLRequest.
The code would look something like following :

var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://{host}/myApp/myApp.jsp");
myLoader.load(request);

Thanks for all your help friends,

[pixum]

nice one, sounds much better than my "put it all in the src folder" noob solution :)