Exe Looking for development path names

Question

I have developed a project on DVD using several video clips
I have used the following loadmovie script reference the
paths
(in a sub directory of root called red - the projector being
in the root) :
on startMovie
append the searchPaths, the moviePath & "res"
append the searchPaths, the moviePath & "sound"
end
However when transfering the disc to some machines or copying
the contents to a hard drive - an message comes up asking "where
is" the resource and references the original absolute file path
from the development machine.
Any ideas how i can solve this problem
Cheers
J

Answer 1

I have found 'the searchpaths' to be very unreliable when
using it to
find external files. It is kind of hit or miss sometimes. In
my case
it was quicktime movies that it couldn't find. The way I
fixed my
problem was to parse the filename of the quicktime, and test
to see if
the file was in the place I expected it. Then set the
filename to have
the exact path it needed.
This uses the BuddyAPI xtra. My project was PC only. You will
have to
make adjustments if you plan on having it work on Macintosh's
as well.
(watch for line wrapping on some of the longer lines of code
here)
on beginSprite me
oldDelim=the itemDelimiter
the itemDelimiter="\"
thisMovie=sprite(me.spriteNum).member.filename.item[sprite(me.spriteNum).member.filename. item.count]
sprite(me.spriteNum).member.filename=thisMovie
if baFileExists(the moviePath&"res\"&thisMovie) then
sprite(me.spriteNum).member.filename=the
moviePath&"Media\Movies\"&thisMovie
end if
if baFileExists(the moviePath&"sound\"&thisMovie)
then
sprite(me.spriteNum).member.filename=the
moviePath&"Media\Movies\"&thisMovie
end if
the itemDelimiter=oldDelim
end