Accessing local swf file

I have an odd problem that doesn't seem to be addressed. I have a web site that uses a combination of js and swf files to load and display thumbnails which then uses flash to resize them and flash player to display them. With the latest flash player and Firefox update, everything works fine when live. It also works fine when opened locally in IE8 and Chrome. However, these files won't load locally in Firefox since the updates, although they work fine when live.
Rolling back flash player might work, but I hesitate since everything is working except for this one thing

Just to clarify..the problem occurs only in the flash section of the page. It will not load this section.
I'm using file://protocol and have no problems with anything else. I don't know the number of the firefox version, but this only occurred with the latest update. I allowed both flash and firefox updates at the same time.
I use relative paths which work everywhere else and open the html in the browser locally by either clicking the html file or File>Open File>Page Source
Flash trusted locations is one of the first things I did. Works fine for all other browsers.
I'm wondering if there is some connection to the new protected mode. Flash site says they are not supporting WindowXP with this, but it also says it will allow old security rules if on trusted location. Totally baffled.
The only other possibility I can think of is the coding. I have some problem there that I haven't addressed yet. But in saying that, it does work when live, so that doesn't seem overly likely.

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and undid whatever change i made,
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SecurityError: Error #2148: SWF file http://localhost/aamshare-debug/aamshare.swf cannot access local resource file:///C|/wamp/www/aamshare-debug/media/bse.png. Only local-with-filesystem and trusted local SWF files may access local resources.
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    at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
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Since you are loading your swf over http, it will be placed in a remote sandbox and will not be able to access the local filesystem. You should load your png in the same way as your swf (ie. over http), or embed it into your application.

Loading local swf files from Application Dir (ios)

Hi Guys,
I would like to load additional local swf files to my ios release build but I am confused a little bit because of the new API changes.
As far as I know at the moment (from Air 3.7 or newer) it is allowed to load local swf files that contains compiled actionscript both from local folder and from a predefined remote host as well.
My assumption based on this article:
http://blogs.adobe.com/airodynamics/2013/03/08/external-hosting-of-secondary-swfs-for-air- apps-on-ios/
I created the text file to include all of my local swf file names and created the following node in the application.xml:
<iPhone>
<externalSwfs>assets/SampleSWFInfoFile.txt</externalSwfs>
</iPhone>
When I compile the release build (ipa) using command line adt, it converts all of my local swfs into the stripped swfs which is perfect, but even though I include all the swfs in the compiler command, it puts only the SampleSWFInfoFile.txt file into the assets folder in the ipa but not the swf files.
I assume, it thinks I will load these files from an external host, but I would like to include them in the app itself.
I tried to copy the stripped swf files from the externalStrippedSwfs folder and comment the <externalSwfs>assets/SampleSWFInfoFile.txt</externalSwfs> node in the application.xml and compile it and this way it puts the swf files into the ipa, but when I try to install and launch the app it crashes and when I test it using Flash Builder it shows an error message
"VerifyError: Error #1042: Not an ABC file."
Do any of you guys know the solution for this problem?
Thank you for your help in advance!

You're publishing in AOT mode as long as you use one of these:
The AIR Developer Tool or ADT has targets that lets you package apps either for the AOT mode or Interpreter mode. The targets for packaging in AOT mode are ipa-app-store, ipa-ad-hoc, ipa-test and ipa-debug.
Flash Pro CS6 and Flash Builder automate this process pretty well so it's invisible but the SWF loads and executes code just fine for me when directly published.
If I take it to command line I can use this to compile successfully (iPad test app):
adt -package -target ipa-ad-hoc -storetype pkcs12 -keystore my.p12 -provisioning-profile my.mobileprovision NameOfApp.ipa NameOfApp-app.xml NameOfApp.swf iTunesArtwork iTunesArtwork@2x AppIconsForPublish swfs/swfs.txt swfs/GenerateText.swf
I at least include generic icons in there but I made a 'swfs' folder and placed 'swfs.txt' and 'GenerateText.swf' in there. The SWF uses code to randomly generate text and changes every second using a Timer. I load it in using the same code you do with the ApplicationDomain.currentDomain context. I see the SWF appear and text start randomly changing.
As I compile there's a folder generated called 'externalStrippedSwfs' with the stripped SWF in there.
One thing to note is I do not supply <externalSwfs>swfs/swfs.txt</externalSwfs> in my iPhone settings. If I do that it doesn't work. I supply the path to the text file containing the SWF I want to be stripped to adt itself along with the SWFs I want stripped and it takes care of the rest.

Embedding local .swf file in AIR app

Hi all,
I want to include a small Google Maps .swf file as part of my overall HTML based AIR application and I was wondering whether anyone here has had any success in achieving this. Currently, my set up looks like this:
AIR xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5">
    <id>gmaps</id>
    <filename>gmaps</filename>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <initialWindow>
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        <height>1000</height>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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                  <param name="flashVars" value="key=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CC">
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                    height="600px"
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                    flashVars="key=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCC"
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                    type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute">
<maps:Map xmlns:maps="com.google.maps.*" id="map" mapevent_mapready="onMapReady(event)" width="100%" height="100%"
    url="http://my.domain.com" key="CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC"/>
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import com.google.maps.LatLng;
            import com.google.maps.Map;
            import com.google.maps.MapEvent;
            import com.google.maps.MapType;
            private function onMapReady(event:Event):void {
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            public function setLocation(lat:Number, long:Number):void {
        ]]>
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</mx:WindowedApplication>
When I open my air app, I don't get any error messages and it appears that the swf is not loaded at all.
When I switch my AIR .xml file to point to the GMapsController.swf file instead of the gmaps2.html file, it works perfectly - this gives me the impression that there's either:
1. Something wrong with including a WindowedApplication in a HTML file.
2. Something wrong with including a local .swf file in HTML based application.
I've tried referencing the .swf file in the html file from a remote server with the following:
<div id="map_canvas" name="map_canvas">
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               classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
               codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"
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               height="600px">
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                   <param name="quality" value="high">
                   <param name="flashVars" value="key=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CC">
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                     width="800px"
                     height="600px"
                     src="http://my.server.com/GMapsController.swf"
                     quality="high"
                     flashVars="key=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCC"
                     pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
                     type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
             </object>
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but no luck with that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sean

Brandon,
Thanks for the link - I wasn't aware about the HTML Loader class and how it relates to loading Google Maps. I'm not using the HTML loader class though, so I'm not sure how it relates to the issue I'm having.
I'm currently following the advice outlined at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS4B441C24-BAE3-4110-91FD-A4E5EEFB2467.htm l where the SWF object is loaded through JavaScript, but I haven't had any luck with it yet. I'm pretty new to Flex/Flash/AIR applications - I'm starting to think it could be something simple wrong with my .mxml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute">
<maps:Map xmlns:maps="com.google.maps.*" id="map" mapevent_mapready="onMapReady(event)" width="100%" height="100%"
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<content>DragAndDropExample.swf</content>
... it works as expected.
So, this has started me thinking that you cannot include a .swf file which has a base tag of WindowedApplication in a HTML based application? Can anyone confirm that this thinking is correct?
Has anyone here managed to load .swf content in a HTML based application using the code outlined at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS4B441C24-BAE3-4110-91FD-A4E5EEFB2467.htm l?
Thanks
Sean

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Internet Explorer. This was working previously but recently it
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Hi Aquasue and welcome to our community
In addition to the usual suspect fellow Adobe Community
Expert Steve pointed out, the Flash player itself may be to blame.
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myflexapp.cfg into the
C:\windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerTrust directory can
let the Flash player know about swf files that are trusted. The
file myflexapp.cfg has the absolute path to the directory location
of my Flex generated swf file - which is the debug directory of my
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warning dialogs telling me that a swf file is trying to access the
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anyone had any success with using the Global Flash Player Trust
directory to allow a local Flex generated swf file access to the
internet? Also I cannot see the mms.cfg file in the
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Adobe Flex 3 Help chapter "Overview of permission controls".
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hi - does this always work? i have the same question as wanderz. i live in ethiopia where the internet connection is unreliable and want a robust local wirless network that will allow my devices to communicate with each other and some file sharing. ive used a router in the past but, for instance, when the internet connection goes down my ipad no longer works as a remote control for my mac mini
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I'm just finishing my application but I facing a problem.
I'm currently developing a desktop application using AIR.
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I successfully accomplished this, but the loaded SWF also loads other files (assets and xml files with translations) and that is not working.
When a SWF is loaded he just stops on his own loading screen (when loading the XML files).
All this stuff is happening on my CustomNativeWindow:
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          this.stageWidth = stageWidth;
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          this.height = stageHeight;
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          htmlLoader.height = stageHeight;
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Probably something related to security?
How can I fix this?
Is kinda urgente... deadline is coming...
Thank you!

Thank you kglad for your fast response...
The reference to the content comes from a XML loaded on the main application.
var xml:XML =      <Content en="game" >
                                  <ImageSource>assets/images/gallery/resources/gameone.png</ImageSource>
                                  <ContentSource>content/gameone/gameone.swf</ContentSource>
                            </Content>;
contentURL = xml.ContentSource;
So contentURL is: content/gameone/gameone.swf
Am I in trouble?

SWF file contains ref. to local dir structure

Newbie here; sorry.
Flash CS4 Professional, ver. 10
Am creating a simple flash video to get my feet wet. In the
process, I am drowning.
I created the video with Flash (ActionScript 3.0) by
inserting a player object, and specifying a f4v source that I had
created using the CS4 Media Encoder to convert a wmv file; nothing
to it.
Publish Preview worked fine. Publish Settings/Publish created
the necessary files, just as decribed in a Flash 411 tutorial:
http://tv.adobe.com/?trackingid=EBYHH&pss=fl_10.0.0_win_en_full__PF_20040226#vi+f1527v1000 .
Video works fine on my local PC (XP, SP2). But when I load it
to my server, it does not work. In IE 7, the page loads; source
code is there, but the window is blank:
http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.html
Adding mime type to .htaccess file did not solve the problem.
Changing permissions to the files did not, either.
It apparently is not a server problem. A simple swf file
created by Mr. Gates and simple HTM coding works:
http://www.bbhq.us/flash3.htm
What does Mr. Gates know that I do not?
Well, where do I begin???
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http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.html
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error message:
SecurityError: Error #2148: SWF file
http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.swf
cannot access
local resource F:\pva1\pva0117a.f4v. Only
local-with-filesystem and
trusted local SWF files may access local resources.
at flash.net::NetStream/play()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_play()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_setUpStream()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_load()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/load()
at fl.video::FLVPlayback/doContentPathConnect()
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location and file name(s) -- F:\pva1\... -- embedded in it. No
wonder!
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structure for my video, other than, of course, when I originally
specified the video to add to the player component. But somehow,
the swf file picks up the directory structure as part of the file
names. That boat does not float.
Adobe help did not throw me a life preserver; it tossed me a
lead weight, instead.
Must be a settings issue somewhere, or I am missing something
obvious that I just cannot see.
Goin' down here for the 3d time. A little help here, please.
Thanks.

Thanks for your quick response. But it left me still treading
water.
Yep; got to the content inspector; The parameters that I see
are as follows:
align
autoplay
cuepoints
islove
preview
scalemode
skin
skinautohide
skinbackgroundalpha
skinbackgrundcolor
source
volume
There is no contentpath parameter/property.
This help page references the contentpath that you
referenced:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flash/10.0_UsingFlash/WS0ED77F00-2006-49aa-8399-92B6D5D8CE00.h tml#WS9A834D6F-8206-4e07-B840-456EF90C03CB
It describes the contentpath as you suggested:
"contentPath (AS2 files) String that specifies the URL to an
FLV"
The reference to AS2 in parens suggests that this parameter
applies only to AS2 files. Or, perhaps this parameter is not
applicable in CS4, version 10. I donno, but I sure do not see it in
my version of Flash.
However, you and the the help page did throw me a lifeline.
WIth the f4v file already loaded on my server, I modified my
project, specifying, as the source parameter, the name of my fv4
file as it is loaded on the server -- http:www.myserver...fv4 --
not the file on my local PC. So when Flash published the project,
it uses that name, with no reference to my local directory..
Of course, the f4v file must exist on the server for it to
publish properly.
That did it.
It makes sense, but it is certainly not obvious and it is not
explained in any documentation I have found.
Am I the only one to whom this was not obvious?
Thanks; you led me to a solution.
jjt

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