SWF detecting folder name 1

[carmenMiranda]

Is it possible for an SWF to detect the name of the folder that it resides in at runtime? And then pass that folder name as a variable to a function? If this is possible, would someone point me in the right direction as to how to do it?

Thanks.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

[b]var path:String = this._url;
path = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf("/")+1);[/b]
var destinationURL:String;
var externalData:XML = new XML();
externalData.ignoreWhite = true;
externalData.onLoad = parse;
externalData.load([b]path+[/b]"targetURL.xml");
function parse(success) {
	if (success) {
		destinationURL = String(this.firstChild.attributes.address);
		if (destinationURL == "") {
			destinationURL = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://uk.yahoo.com";[/URL]
		}
	} else {
		trace("XML document not loaded");
	}
}
this.clickBtn.onRelease = function() {
	getURL(destinationURL, "_self");
};

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[carmenMiranda]

This is an excellent solution to the problem I've been having and as with all excellent solutions, it now seems so obvious

However, I hadn't worked it out after 2 days of trying, so many, many thanks.