# A shot in the dark

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-shot-in-the-dark/198263>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 23, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-shot-in-the-dark/198263 "2006-08-23T15:59:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbailey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jbailey/32/2380_2.png) [@jbailey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jbailey)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-shot-in-the-dark/198263/1 "2006-08-23T15:59:33Z")

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Is there a way (a method) to obtain the location of an item no matter where it is.

Maybe something that looks for an item finds it’s path and puts that path at to a \_global