Viewing uploaded static files

Hello.
We have a product demo we created in Flash file format that we are trying to post onto our Apex application's site.
The demo is comprised of a few files that work together as long as they sit in the same directory. They are of the following format:
html
mp4
swf
pnp
xml
js
I loaded them one by one into my ApEx application as static files.
When I reference them through my application, they don't work. The flash presentation does not run.
Any thought what it might be?
FYI, we have uploaded other static files into our app for other purposes (doc, pdf). Those work just fine.
thanks
Boris

Boris,
The demo is comprised of a few files that work together as long as they sit in the same directory.
I think the problem is what I've quoted from your message. Flash file needs the other files within the same directory and static files are stored on the database and called by a function.
I think the solution is to upload your files to the server filesystem.
Paulo Vale
http://apex-notes.blogspot.com

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