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Asked: 2026-06-12T01:41:41+00:00

This is my basic folder structure: https://i.stack.imgur.com/l1YnV.jpg My code goes like this: private var

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This is my basic folder structure:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/l1YnV.jpg

My code goes like this:

private var xmlLoader:URLLoader=new URLLoader();
private var url:URLRequest=new URLRequest("../src/NPClist.xml");

xmlLoader.load(url);

I get the following:

Error #2044: Unhandled ioError:. text=Error #2032: Stream Error. URL: app:/src/NPClist.xml

No matter how many “../” I put in the URLRequest constructor, it only works if NPClist.xml is in the same folder as the .swf (bin-debug), and I even tried copying it around. It seems like it’s ignoring/not resolving the “../”. I also tried exporting a release build, but it didn’t work. The interesting thing is that similar Embeds work (the assets folder is at the same level as src and bin-debug).

[Embed(source="assets/mainmenu/somefile.png")]

Here’s how I got it to work:

var xmlFile:File=new File(File.applicationDirectory.nativePath).resolvePath("../src/NPClist.xml");
var url:URLRequest=new URLRequest(xmlFile.url);

The “../” didn’t work initially, but it works if you use it like this.

Coming back to it, this seems wrong as well. Here’s how it definitely works as expected:

I included the assets with the installer, and I’m using

imgFile=File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("assets/folder/file");
urlReq=new URLRequest(imgFile.nativePath);
ldr.load(urlReq);
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  1. Editorial Team

    You can not use URLRequest to access local file system resources – URLRequest uses HTTP protocol to get resources.

    URLRequest can access only Internet resources that have crossdomain security applied.

    If you want to open a local file you should:

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