# Why is the SWF format not allowed in attachments?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-the-swf-format-not-allowed-in-attachments/312810>\
**Category:** meta\
**Created:** [August 13, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-the-swf-format-not-allowed-in-attachments/312810 "2010-08-13T06:21:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![IQAndreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-the-swf-format-not-allowed-in-attachments/312810/1 "2010-08-13T06:21:38Z")

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Considering how a large part of [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) and the forums is about Flash, it’s a bit odd that you cannot attach SWF files to forum posts, though I’m sure there is a perfectly logical reason behind this. Care to elaborate?

Of course, it would be just as easy wrapping the SWF in a ZIP file and uploading that, but it would still be quite handy having the SWF file “pop up” like images do when they are in attachments.