# Error with links via external text file

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-with-links-via-external-text-file/160270
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 24, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-with-links-via-external-text-file/160270 "2005-08-24T17:45:35Z")
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### Author: ![pseudodigm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@pseudodigm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pseudodigm)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-with-links-via-external-text-file/160270/1 "2005-08-24T17:45:35Z")

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This is driving me insane, because I actually had it working once and now I can’t do it.

I have a .txt file that contains:

```auto
 &solutionslink=/solutions/index.hml 

```

In my .fla, attached to my button I have the following:

```auto
 on (release)
 {
 getURL(solutionslink);
 } 

```

But when I hit the link I get //webserver/undefined instead of //webserver/solutions.html

I’ve done a trace and I get “/solutions/index.html”

I just don’t know what I’m doing wrong! Please help?