Load assets and xml

Question

I am trying to add games to a Flash file. They are in different folders and the assest and xml information is not coming with it? I get the error : "[BulkLoader] Error loading LoadingItem url: images/, type:text, status: error Error #2032: Stream Error. URL: file:///G|/%2D%2DWORK%2D%2D/Gilcrease%20Projects/Kravis/images/
Here are the files I need to load into the main file. Please help. Thank you in advance!
Angela

Answer 1

As mentioned, the very first SWF that is loaded will set the file path. That means every single call to load an external file from that point on will come from the location of the very first SWF.
If the first SWF loads another SWF, that other SWF needs to know this so it properly requests files in the right location.
Example file structure:
Main.swf
MatchingGame\MatchingGame.swf
MatchingGame\images\a.png
Say Main.swf loads MatchingGame\MatchingGame.swf. Now the root is set to the path of Main.swf. If MatchingGame\MatchingGame.swf wants to load the a.png, it cannot do this:
var img:Loader = new Loader();
img.load('images/a.png'); // FAIL
It must be loaded as though it was Main.swf. The full relative path to a.png is MatchingGame\images\a.png. So MatchingGame\MatchingGame.swf must do this:
var img:Loader = new Loader();
img.load('MatchingGame/images/a.png'); // SUCCESS
Hopefully this illustrates that paths will always originate with the first loaded SWF, which was Main.swf in this example.