# Scroller wont work for some Reason

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-wont-work-for-some-reason/101910>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 17, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-wont-work-for-some-reason/101910 "2004-02-17T21:16:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-wont-work-for-some-reason/101910/21 "2004-02-18T18:43:43Z")

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You need to encode the ampersand symbol (&)  
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/url\_encoding.htm](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/url_encoding.htm)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-wont-work-for-some-reason/101910/22 "2004-02-18T18:57:44Z")

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ummmm. okay. i dont know how & where i would apply that?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-wont-work-for-some-reason/101910/23 "2004-02-18T19:02:52Z")

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What you dont understand? The instructions are extremely clear to me.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-wont-work-for-some-reason/101910/24 "2004-02-18T19:05:05Z")

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where exactly within my script do i add the ampersand symbol (&)?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller-wont-work-for-some-reason/101910/25 "2004-02-18T19:08:39Z")

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You have an ampersand symbol on your text block:

```auto
 myTextField.text = " RoCkit Q & A....."

```

Replace the & for its matching hexadecimal value, accordingly to the table on the link i gave you.

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