Get files from the sco package

[zabojad]

Hi !

I've just started to try the pipwerks scorm api wrapper and I'm facing the following problem: when we have additionnal files (pdf, pps...) packed in our sco along with our swf sco file, how can we "http get" them from our as3 app ?

I've declared several files in the sco package manifest (and included them in the sco package zip) but I don't see how can I fetch them from my as3 code...

Thanks

Tom

[moloko]

I see you've already posted in the Google Group (and I've replied!) - which is the better place for questions like this. This is really for logging bugs with swfobject.

[zabojad]

Sorry for the double post...

Maybe you could add to this lib a function returning the sco absolute path ? That could be useful for others maybe...

Here is what I've added:

on the js side:

    // note: I've done it through innerHTML 'cause on some old versions of IE, it's the only way which works (otherwise it's the relative url which is returned)...
    pipwerks.SCORM.getUrl = function(url) {
        var el= document.createElement('div');
        el.innerHTML= '<a href="'+url+'">x</a>';
        return el.firstChild.href;
    };

And on the AS side:

    private function __getUrl(url:String):String {

        return String(ExternalInterface.call("pipwerks.SCORM.getUrl", url));
    }

[pipwerks]

Hi Tom

This SCORM wrapper is only concerned with the SCORM API. Your scenario is not really a SCORM issue, it's an ActionScript and file management issue.

You can fetch the URL for the current document via standard ActionScript. See the following links:

• http://snipplr.com/view/28103/
• http://www.blokeish.com/2010/12/flash-actionscript-30-retrieve-directory-url-of-the-swf-file/

You should be able to work out the paths to your other files (such as PDFs) from here. No modification to the SCORM code required.

• philip