# Line breaks in flash
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-breaks-in-flash/117656
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 29, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-breaks-in-flash/117656 "2004-07-29T04:25:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@bsprathapsimha](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bsprathapsimha)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-breaks-in-flash/117656/1 "2004-07-29T04:25:12Z")
hi,
how do i insert line break in flash 5. I am loading the string from XML file and flash is not recognising
for the new line. I am loading the text into arrays and displaying one by one. Here is one paragraph of text for your reference:
Olga welcomes \_\_\_\_\_\_ to \_\_\_\_\_\_ of the 10-week language program. She then gives \_\_\_\_\_\_ about immigration. Firstly, she advises \_\_\_\_\_\_ of their passport, their visa, \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_.
Secondly, Olga says \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_ allthe time. She tells \_\_\_\_\_\_ that the second page of the I-20 form has \_\_\_\_\_\_. If any students lose \_\_\_\_\_\_, the ELP office has \_\_\_\_\_\_.
Thirdly, students must \_\_\_\_\_\_ with their passports. In fact, the I-94 is \_\_\_\_\_\_ American immigration document. This small white card must be shown to \_\_\_\_\_\_ or \_\_\_\_\_\_ if they ask to see it.
Fourthly, students often get confused \_\_\_\_\_\_. Student visas are valid \_\_\_\_\_\_. The students must \_\_\_\_\_\_ while the visa is valid. If the visa \_\_\_\_\_\_ while the students are \_\_\_\_\_\_, they will need \_\_\_\_\_\_ in order to reenter the USA.
i have put
to get the line breaks, but i am not able to achieve it,
can you solve this
prathap
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### Author:  [@McGiver](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/McGiver)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-breaks-in-flash/117656/2 "2004-07-29T13:14:18Z")
I don’t have flash 5 anymore, but normally /n causes a line break.
you need to have multiline activated in your textfield of course.
maybe you should try to unescape the string
mystring = unescape(mystring)
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### Author:  [@bsprathapsimha](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bsprathapsimha)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-breaks-in-flash/117656/3 "2004-07-30T04:05:56Z")
hi,
thank you very much
even i don’t have flash 5, i am using mx and exporting for flash 5. That is the requirement from the client.
i will check that and get back to you
thank you
prathap