Loading flash video from a subdirectory

[ksduded]

how do I play flv files which are in a subdirectory and not in the same folder as the existing swf or html file

I am using this code

btn_promo_03.onRelease = function():Void
{
myVideo.play("/flash/2008-07/flv_video3.flv");
}

dosen't seem to work

[gnomeontherun]

Have you tried putting the full URL?

[ksduded]

yeah full url worked. but isn't it possible to use a file in the subdirectory by simpler means?

[gnomeontherun]

Drop the / in front of the path, and double check every letter. I like to use exact URLs myself, but if you expect to be moving files frequently I guess relative is ok. If you don't expect to move the video files, I would strongly suggest full URL.

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

What would be the full url? Is the flash directory at the first level from the root? That / tells flash to start at the root then look for the video in the flash directory, and then the 2008-07 directory.

[ksduded]

thanks for the answers. Those two posts cleared my concept about linking root paths