loading sounds with urlrequest, i dont understand.

in this piece of code:
PHP Code:
var mySoundReq:URLRequest= new URLRequest("samplesound.mp3");
var mySound:Sound = new Sound();
mySound.load(mySoundReq);

How does the urlrequest know where that .mp3 file is located, and how do i tell as3 where it is?

and another thing: when i put this on the web, how do i locate the file then?

In that scenario, "samplesound.mp3" is a relative URL, indicating that the file samplesound.mp3 is in the same directory as the swf file.

what if its not in the same file, or if it's a nested file? i cant seem to get it to work.

and what if it's on the internet?

Not in the same file, in the same directory. It corresponds to a directory structure like this:

parentfolder

movie.swf
samplesound.mp3

If your samplesound is in a subdirectory, say "sounds", like this:
parentfolder

movie.swf
sounds

samplesound.mp3

then your urlrequest would change to this:

Code:

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var mySoundReq:URLRequest= new URLRequest("sounds/samplesound.mp3");

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On the internet, it's exactly the same, as long as the structure appears the same to the browser.

ah i get it ok. but what if the movie.swf is in a subfolder of the folder that contains the filder that contains the sound-files?

and what if you want to use a class for multiple .fla files, that are at different folders?

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Originally Posted by omniscient232

ah i get it ok. but what if the movie.swf is in a subfolder of the folder that contains the filder that contains the sound-files?

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Like this?:
parentfolder

samplesound.mp3
swfs

myMovie.swf

Then you use ".." to traverse the hierarchy upward

Code:

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var mySoundReq:URLRequest= new URLRequest("../samplesound.mp3");

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and what if you want to use a class for multiple .fla files, that are at different folders?

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Then you do not hardcode the url. Pass it in as an argument. Or you could use an absolute url, but that will change between local and internet deployment

Code:

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var mySoundReq:URLRequest= new URLRequest("http://mysite.com/sounds/samplesound.mp3");

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that makes sense. thanks alot!