# Dynamic textfield doesn't show special character (&%+..)

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-textfield-doesnt-show-special-character/319906
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 8, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-textfield-doesnt-show-special-character/319906 "2011-03-08T11:19:35Z")
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### Author: ![zembo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ba0ec/32.png) [@zembo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zembo)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-textfield-doesnt-show-special-character/319906/1 "2011-03-08T11:19:35Z")

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Hi guys,

My dynamic textfield doesen’t show special characters (%&+…).  
I have emped the font(uppercase, lowercase, numerals, PUNCTUATION and basic latin) and I’ve also tried to render it as html.

for example:

flash.addVariable(“newtext”," Word & word2");

AC2  
myTextfield.text = \_root.newtext;  
then it prints just “word”, because flash doesen’t understand character & as a text format;

locally it worked fine  
myTextfield.text = “Word & word2;”;

any suggestion?  
Thanks!