# Swfobject question: Is the path of expressInstall.swf relative?

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**Created:** [August 18, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swfobject-question-is-the-path-of-expressinstall-swf-relative/268730 "2008-08-18T06:40:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swfobject-question-is-the-path-of-expressinstall-swf-relative/268730/1 "2008-08-18T06:40:58Z")

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Hello,

I just start using swfobject 2.1 to embed my flash movies into HTML webpage. Is the path of expressInstall.swf relative to the HTML webpage (similar to path of image files)?

I know that if the HTML webpage and expressInstall.swf are in the same directory, the path is simply "expressInstall.swf as all tutorials used this. But how about the following two cases:

Case 1:  
if the expressInstall.swf save in a upper level, is the path simply “…/expressInstall.swf”?

Case 2:  
if the expressInstall.swf save in a folder (myfolder) below, is the path “myfolder/expressInstall.swf”?

I ask this question. Because I sometimes see webpage using “/myfolder/expressInstall.swf” in case 2, not “myfolder/expressInstall.swf”.

Thanks and best regards

Alex