# Swf drops the "\\" symbol in text field

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-drops-the-symbol-in-text-field/303391>\
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**Created:** [January 19, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-drops-the-symbol-in-text-field/303391 "2010-01-19T18:51:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-drops-the-symbol-in-text-field/303391/1 "2010-01-19T18:51:55Z")

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Hello,

I am assigning text to a text field and it is dropping the “” symbol. Has anyone ever seen this? Is this a security feature in flash? here is the one line of code.

```auto
txtScreen.text = "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users>prompt prompt$G";

```