AS3 LocalHost?

I’m having trouble with this, can’t find anything useful in the AS3 docs.

For AS2 I used this

var Local = new LocalConnection();
var movieDomain = Local.domain();
if(String(movieDomain) == "localhost"){
    xml.loadData("xmlfile.xml");
}else{
    xmlData.load("xmlfile.xml?"+Math.random());
}

This loads an XML locally, but adds a cache buster if online.

How do I do the same for AS3 ? Any suggestions?

var local:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection()
trace(local.domain);

local=loaderInfo.url.slice(0,4).toLocaleLowerCase()!="http"&&loaderInfo.url.slice(0,3).toLocaleLowerCase()!="ftp";
if(local){

}else{
   ...?rn=Math.ramdom()
}

Maybe toLocaleLowerCase() is needless

Or maybe there is a better one

Tean said

var local:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection()
trace(local.domain);

cool

interesting. i didnt realize localconnection can be used like this!

i use loaderInfo.url.indexOf(“http”) to identify whether it is local or http…

magickaito said
interesting. i didnt realize localconnection can be used like this! i use loaderInfo.url.indexOf(“http”) to identify whether it is local or http…

Well, none of the above seem to work. I have a cache buster in AS3 , and it doesn’t work locally because it loads an xml like:

"folder/file.xml"+"cb?"+Math.random()

I need a cache buster in a if/else statement. If local connection is true , then load without math random, else load with math random …

I’ve been trying since I first posted None work This is so frustrating!

why does it load like that locally?

var _isLocal:Boolean = false;

_isLocal = new LocalConnection().domain == "localhost";

function get noCache():String
{
    var noCache:String = _isLocal ? "" : "?nocache=" + new Date().getTime();
    return noCache;
}

you want to try this?

Enabled said

magickaito said
interesting. i didnt realize localconnection can be used like this! i use loaderInfo.url.indexOf(“http”) to identify whether it is local or http…

Well, none of the above seem to work. I have a cache buster in AS3 , and it doesn’t work locally because it loads an xml like:

"folder/file.xml"+"cb?"+Math.random()

I need a cache buster in a if/else statement. If local connection is true , then load without math random, else load with math random …

I’ve been trying since I first posted None work This is so frustrating!

I don’t know whether you noticed the difference in Tean’s (correct) solution: In AS2 “domain()” is a method on LocalConnection: in AS3 “domain” is a property of LocalConnection (no parentheses)

Edit: not sure what this line:

"folder/file.xml"+"cb?"+Math.random()

is supposed to be but it would evaluate to “folder/file.xmlcb?” + Math.random() which is obviously going to cause a problem.

theflyingtinman said
I don’t know whether you noticed the difference in Tean’s (correct) solution: In AS2 “domain()” is a method on LocalConnection: in AS3 “domain” is a property of LocalConnection (no parentheses)

That’s right.

I use this static method in my class and it works perfectly.

public static function getURL(url:String):URLRequest
{
    var domain:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
    if(domain.domain != "localhost")    // IF NOT RUNNING ON LOCAL COMPUTER
        url += "?" + Math.random();
    return new URLRequest(url);
};

I use this

var onLocalMachine = (loaderInfo.url.substring(0,4) != "http") ? true : false;
if (onLocalMachine)
{
    loader.load(new URLRequest(xml));
}
else
{
    loader.load(new URLRequest(xml + "?"+new Date().getTime()));
}