# Pipe character in URL from XML causes broken link, please help

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pipe-character-in-url-from-xml-causes-broken-link-please-help/189689
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [June 5, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pipe-character-in-url-from-xml-causes-broken-link-please-help/189689 "2006-06-05T11:07:53Z")
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### Author: ![freeeky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@freeeky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/freeeky)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pipe-character-in-url-from-xml-causes-broken-link-please-help/189689/1 "2006-06-05T11:07:53Z")

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Hi,

Im currently have a flash file that is pulling in information from an xml file.

Within the XML there is a url that needs to be opened via the swf into a new window, but for some reason, the flash only reads the url up to the pipe character ‘|’

All the other links previously don not have the pipe character and work fine… can someone help??

Thanks