# How to send an apostrophe in flash

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**Created:** [August 16, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-send-an-apostrophe-in-flash/159267 "2005-08-16T07:52:19Z")\
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i’m sending flash some variables in the form of:

“xmlPhotos.swf?userName=” & UserName & “&photoModuleID=” & PhotoModuleID

i’m having a problem where Username = “test user’s”. only “test user” gets sent to flash. i’ve tried urlencoding Username but that doesn’t work. what do i need to do?