# News bulletin component

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-bulletin-component/29741
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 30, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-bulletin-component/29741 "2003-08-30T02:30:40Z")
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### Author: ![Jmack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Jmack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jmack)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-bulletin-component/29741/1 "2003-08-30T02:30:40Z")

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I have a text file for the newsloader, its all set, in the folder i use for all my flash files. C://MyDocuments/Flash/mytextfile.txt… i cant get the path set right for this tutorial for some reason, the one in your flash, special effects portion…new bullet flasher, please help.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/news-bulletin-component/29741/2 "2003-08-30T03:21:23Z")

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If the TXT and SWF files are in the same directory, you could simply put the name of the TXT file.

Anyway, if you still want to use the absolute path… paste this code in the frame actions and test the movie, the absolute path will show up in the Output Window:  
[AS]trace(unescape(this.\_url.substr(0, this.\_url.lastIndexOf("/")+1)));[/AS]  
And welcome to kirupa forum! 😉