# Retrieving file path

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**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieving-file-path/254297 "2008-03-10T18:18:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![pandu\_kirupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cab0a1/32.png) [@pandu\_kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pandu_kirupa)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieving-file-path/254297/1 "2008-03-10T18:18:19Z")

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Hi,  
I am making flash mp3 player. I am using [COLOR="#ff8c00"]FileReference[/COLOR] to browse for files. I won’t get the file path and later realized that it is a security concern. But I tried using HTML.

I used ExternalInterface to trigger flash function from HTML which opens file selection box using [COLOR=“DarkOrange”]FileReference.browse()[/COLOR] option.

So, as the flash file is in the HTML form, can i track the file path in HTML and send it to flash. :q:

If you know any other method to retrieve file path, pls let me know…

Thnx in advance  
pandu…