Can't zip up sample as3 applications

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Hi,

I have some sample applications. Some of these applications load external assets(images, videos, xml files, etc).

The applications always work whether they are run from within my IDE or from an HTML file. So everything is working perfectly and these are the steps I then take:

  1. zip up the samples

  2. move the zip to my desktop

  3. unzip

So now I have a duplicate of what was working perfectly but it has been zipped and unzipped. Here’s the thing though:

In the new unzipped project directory, the sample applications that rely on external assets no longer function properly when run via their HTML file. XML files don’t load, videos don’t load, images load but appear to be lacking some meta data. THEN…if I open the project and rebuild the swf it fixes everything.

SOOOOOOO…I’m very WTF right now.

Why the hell is zipping and unzipping flash applications breaking those applications?

If I just copy and paste the project directory to my desktop everything is fine.

I am using flashDevelop.