# Loading external file from absolute path on server

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-file-from-absolute-path-on-server/183153
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 24, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-file-from-absolute-path-on-server/183153 "2006-03-24T06:59:25Z")
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### Author: ![kernel\_flash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a87d85/32.png) [@kernel\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kernel_flash)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-file-from-absolute-path-on-server/183153/1 "2006-03-24T06:59:25Z")

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Hi frnds,

I got some problem for loading an external file.

Suppose I have a .swf file hosted on some server.  
Let’s say the url will be [http://www.abc.com/my.swf](http://www.abc.com/my.swf)

The swf file loads a .txt/.xml file from some absolute path on the server  
Let’s say the location of ab.txt/ab.xml file lies in D:\sconfig\ab.txt

If I try to run swf in the player it loads the ab.txt file fine.  
But when I open the .swf file using the above mentioned url it gives error.

I sense that this has something to do with flash player security policy.

How to achieve this task?  
Or whether it is at all possible to load a file from absolute path on the server to a .swf file?