I recently ran into a quite a bugger while transferring a Flash projector to a CD-ROM. Just like authoring an SWF, I used getURL() to call some local HTML files and a PowerPoint–with no problem running off my hard drive. When I transferred all of these files to a CD-ROM, though, all of the local links got lost. They all started dropping the parent path directory (in this case, the name of the CD and/or drive name). For instance:

file:///Volumes/resources/image_gallery/index.htm

Came out as this:

file:///resources/image_gallery/index.htm

I looked into using an fscommand, but that’s a dead end because it’ll only launch a program and not open a particular file. The real problem? It appears that if you have overrided the default browser on your computer, Flash drops the path. In my case, I have Firefox set on both my Mac and PC. The solution? After searching all over the Web, I came across this script (which I’ve strictly-typed for class use):

/**
* Corrects issue where projector wants default system browser to open local URL.
* @param path String to local file
*/
function buildLink(path:String):Void{
var poslastslash:Number = timeline._url.lastIndexOf(“\\”);
if (poslastslash == -1) {
poslastslash = timeline._url.lastIndexOf(“/”);
}
var folderurl:String = timeline._url.substr(0, poslastslash+1);
var poscolon:Number = folderurl.indexOf(“|”);
if (poscolon<>-1) {
var folderurlstart:String = folderurl.substr(0, poscolon);
var folderurlend:String = folderurl.substr(poscolon+1);
folderurl = folderurlstart+”:”+folderurlend;
}
var targeturl:String = folderurl + path;
getURL(targeturl, “_blank”);
}

Thank you OttoM, whomever you are.

I’m posting this because of how remote the documentation was for me when searching for the problem. Hopefully, it’ll help someone else out.

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