# Swf\_fu in rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swf-fu-in-rails/187672>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 27, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swf-fu-in-rails/187672 "2010-04-27T17:43:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swf-fu-in-rails/187672/1 "2010-04-27T17:43:48Z")

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Ok, this is my problem. I am trying to embed an .swf file into my  
webpage using swf\_fu. I installed the gem from my applications folder  
and added the rake task install to my rake file as per the  
instructions on the swf\_fu page found here  
[GitHub - marcandre/swf\_fu: Rails plugin: treat your Adobe Flash swf files like any other asset (images, javascripts, etc...) and embed them using SWFObject 2.2](http://github.com/marcandre/swf_fu).  
I added the \<% swf\_tag “”%\> erb line into my rhtml file but now when i  
start the server and try to view the page it throws an swf\_tag method  
not found error. So my question is where did the install of swf\_fu go  
wrong.  
Obviously the gem/plugin did not get linked into my project  
properly. I’ve also tried adding an require ‘swf\_fu’ to my config  
enviroment file but that did not help either although this fixed a  
similar problem i had with will\_paginate. Any help would be grately  
appreciated or else im going to have to redisign my project for  
javascript rather than using flash.