# Flash Slideshow - Getting commas and dashes to show up

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-slideshow-getting-commas-and-dashes-to-show-up/151522>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 16, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-slideshow-getting-commas-and-dashes-to-show-up/151522 "2005-06-16T00:54:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coolidge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Coolidge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Coolidge)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-slideshow-getting-commas-and-dashes-to-show-up/151522/1 "2005-06-16T00:54:10Z")

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[SIZE=1]Hello all,  
Hoping someone could shed some light on why the .swf doesn’t display the commas and dashes in the text in my XML nodes.

Is it the XML file unicode I need to fix, or do I need to declare it somewhere in the .Fla?

Much thanks!  
Coolidge[/SIZE]