# URLLoader and absolute path

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urlloader-and-absolute-path/270426
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 9, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urlloader-and-absolute-path/270426 "2008-09-09T20:33:34Z")
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#### Post date: [September 9, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urlloader-and-absolute-path/270426/1 "2008-09-09T20:33:34Z")

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Hello all,

So basically I am loading XML text via a URLLoader into a scrolling new ticker. Due to the fact that what I am building is a widget hosted on the widget publisher’s server, I need to use absolute paths or things will not load properly (that is, at all) when people view the widget hosted on the publisher’s server. When I use an absolute path with the URLLoader locally there are no issues. When I use the absolute path to the XML file on the server, the same server holding both the SWF and the XML in the same directory nonetheless, it doesn’t load. When I change this to the relative path, it loads fine on the testing/source server. But of course it will not work on the widget publisher’s server because of this relative path.

Any ideas why this is happening and/or how to get around this odd relative path limitation?

Thanks in advance.