Comments on: Embedded Asset Paths in ActionScript 3

By: Jayson

Jayson — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:24:07 +0000

Thanks for the hint!!

It worked well here.
I think it only works with Flex.

By: Renzo

Renzo — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:08:50 +0000

I tried using an absolute path like in simon’s example, but still got an “unable to resolve for transcoding” error on flex builder with sdk 3.5.

By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:25:23 +0000

Very good explanation, thank you for this post. Also, I tried using “/” shortcut to the project directory in a CS4 project but it didn’t work. Perhaps that trick only applies in Flex.

By: Mike J

Mike J — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:13:13 +0000

I simplify my resource usages by having an AssetManager class that takes care of all my embeds.

package {
public final class AssetManager {
[Embed (source="/assets/myicon.png" )]
public static const ICON_MYICON:Class;
}
}

Then just use it the same as normal, but with the asset manager class in front of it :

var icon:Bitmap = new AssetManager.ICON_MYICON();
addChild( icon );

By: Simon Cave

Simon Cave — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:33:02 +0000

You can use an absolute path (which is actually relative to the project directory) by starting your reference with a forward slash, like this:

/assets/MediaIcons.swf