# Can't Pass String to nc.connect(string)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-pass-string-to-nc-connect-string/248011>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 2, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-pass-string-to-nc-connect-string/248011 "2008-01-02T20:08:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![isutiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@isutiger](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/isutiger)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-pass-string-to-nc-connect-string/248011/1 "2008-01-02T20:08:14Z")

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hey guys. fairly new to flash, but I’ve managed to throw together a player with info and tutorials from here and other places. I’ve got everything just how I want it save for one problem. I’ve got an XML file that I get the URL for my server from and also get the names of videos to populate a list. Here’s the problem:  
I can get the URL into a string in my program (it traces fine). However, when i try to pass that string in my nc.connect(string) it doesn’t work. Everything loads fine, but when you click a video, it can’t connect to it. If I manually enter the URL into the connect field like this: nc.connect(“rtmp://url”) it works fine.  
So am I missing something? Why can it take the URL manually entered and not from a string?