Flex SWFLoader - Relative Root Path of Embedded SWF vs Parent App

Question

I am trying to load a SWF file that is generated externally (Pano2VR) into my main Flex app. I use the SWFLoader MXML object and everything works fine locally. I really want to put the child SWF into another domain though (cloud). That works fine too (once I setup the crossdomain.xml file), but there is a rub.

The child SWF application itself requests additional images - problem is that the file paths requested are relative. Looking at a network call trace (in browser), I see that the child SWF file now thinks it's base URL path is the base URL path of my parent SWF.

For example: my (parent) Flex app is hosted at www.xyz.com, and my "child" SWF file is hosted at www.123.com. Technically, the "child" SWF file needs to look for its resources based on a base path of www.123.com - however I see it is querying my parent app's base path, www.xyz.com. I cannot control the "child" SWF, only the containing one I am writing.

Is there any way I can override the base url path of the loaded SWF file (in SWFLoader) from within my app?

Thanks for any help! Fred.

Answer 1

You must decide what application domain your child module will be loaded into. Take a look at this documentation

By default, the application domain loads into the parent one, thus getting the behavior you are seeing.