CD-ROM as directory?

xbury.cs at clearstream.com xbury.cs at clearstream.com
Thu Feb 24 04:06:58 EST 2005


Niculas,


Actually, I would check if
1) there is such a folder,
2) there is such a file
3) the sound's bitrate... Some do not play correctly in windows.

1 and 2 will tell you about path or file problems. Note you could also
use the short dos name to refer to the file...

cheers
Xavier

On 24.02.2005 09:58:31 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I'm having a problem running a standalone off of a CD-ROM. Namely, the
>standalone itself opens up but not its sound and image files.
>
>Now, the problem disappears if I copy the standalone and all its 
associated
>files/directories to the hard drive of one of my Win machines (Win98,
>Japanese). So I guess something is up with the directory path.
>
>Here's an example of my scripting method for calling up images and sounds
>via "the directory":
>
>put the directory into tDir
>put tDir & "/snd/" & tSoundFileID into tSndFilePath
>play tSndFilePath
>
>Perhaps this a Windows issue rather than a Rev one? Or perhaps its a
>Japanese language issue, i.e., somewhere in the path there are perhaps
>Japanese characters that are somehow messing up how Rev is reading "the
>directory" name?
>
>And if anyone's wondering why not just scrap the CD-ROM and, instead, 
make
>an installer or simply copy files directly to the HD, well, this is the
>easiest way for my young students. For now.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Cheers,
>Nicolas Cueto
>niconiko language school
>
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