# Access both network and local files, no cfg file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-both-network-and-local-files-no-cfg-file/311656>\
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**Created:** [July 13, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-both-network-and-local-files-no-cfg-file/311656 "2010-07-13T16:19:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ez74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@ez74](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ez74)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-both-network-and-local-files-no-cfg-file/311656/1 "2010-07-13T16:19:15Z")

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Is it possible to access both network and local files, flash player 9/10?

Here is the situation:  
I have an SWF which runs locally on the client’s machine.  
It communicates, via XML socket, to a C++ server.  
It also needs to read some configuration files from the local file system…

c:\config.xml [COLOR=“Red”]\<—\>[/COLOR] test.swf [COLOR=“red”]\<—\>[/COLOR] C++ server

So I need the SWF to be fully trusted, as if it was ran from the Flash IDE…  
But I can’t tell my clients to set it to be fully trusted using Adobe’s [Global Security Settings Panel](http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html)

What I can do is alter my C++ server code, somehow granting permissions to the SWF…

Is it possible?  
I’ve read a lot about the policy file and thought that the server can send a policy file XML to the client SWF and allow it to both access local files and connect via XML socket but I cant make it to work…

Appreciate any help on this matter,  
EZ