# TextArea Content as a Variable or Path

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-content-as-a-variable-or-path/45065>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 10, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-content-as-a-variable-or-path/45065 "2004-03-10T17:07:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![thesignx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@thesignx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thesignx)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-content-as-a-variable-or-path/45065/1 "2004-03-10T17:07:52Z")

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Hi there all…

Do any of you guys know how to use the content of a TextArea component as a variable?

Here is what Im trying to do: I have a movie wich loads XML content into different components and one of them is a TextArea wich everytime the user do something specific that TextArea component gets an URL of the image being request; but some how I cannot tell flash to use that info as a path… YOU KNOW HOW CAN I USE THE CONTENT OF A TEXTAREA COMPONENT AS A VARIABLE OR PATH?

Thanks!!!