# Nesting swfs and XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nesting-swfs-and-xml/227424>\
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**Created:** [May 30, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nesting-swfs-and-xml/227424 "2007-05-30T06:18:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nesting-swfs-and-xml/227424/1 "2007-05-30T06:18:50Z")

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I have created a movie which uses an XML to retrieve data… it works fine on it’s own,  
but when I load it inside another movie, it cannot find the XML of the loaded swf. I went :wt:  
So, does that mean I have to use the full path of the XML in the nested swf? or is there a better way?