# (help!) XML syntax problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-xml-syntax-problem/265691
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [July 11, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-xml-syntax-problem/265691 "2008-07-11T11:41:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![korpela2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@korpela2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/korpela2)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-xml-syntax-problem/265691/1 "2008-07-11T11:41:40Z")

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Hi all,

Im using a swf to load data from a XML file. One of the XML nodes contains the symbol: “&” and this shows up in the swf as “&”.

Is there a way of fixing this? I tried replacing the “&” symbol with “&” in the XML but the results the same.

Any help would very useful…

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### Author: ![evildrummer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/evildrummer/32/2308_2.png) [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-xml-syntax-problem/265691/2 "2008-07-11T11:49:38Z")

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make the text field in flash an html field

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### Author: ![korpela2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@korpela2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/korpela2)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-xml-syntax-problem/265691/3 "2008-07-11T12:25:33Z")

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cheers mate,

works brilliant