# Path/directory question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-directory-question/261277
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 25, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-directory-question/261277 "2008-05-25T16:48:25Z")
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### Author: ![johnlouis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/johnlouis/32/568_2.png) [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-directory-question/261277/1 "2008-05-25T16:48:25Z")

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If I have an html file embedding an swf, will the swf’s path be changed/transfered to the html? ie., if my swf is loading images within it’s directory, and it is loaded in an html from a different directory, will it break/not load the images?

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### Author: ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path-directory-question/261277/2 "2008-05-25T17:04:49Z")

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I think it will be based on the HTML location. You can change this using the base (I think that its name) embed parameter