# Passing server path to PDF Viewer losing "\\"

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-server-path-to-pdf-viewer-losing/23142>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 7, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-server-path-to-pdf-viewer-losing/23142 "2019-03-07T21:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicklas.thystrup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@nicklas.thystrup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicklas.thystrup)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-server-path-to-pdf-viewer-losing/23142/1 "2019-03-07T21:15:18Z")

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I have created a popup with the PDF viewer component on it and am passing in the filepath as a string custom property on the screen. However, when I pass in a network file path such as

\192.178.89.199\Ignition Shared Files

it appears in the screen missing the first “”

\192.178.89.199\Ignition Shared Files

How do I prevent losing my first slash? I’ve tried adding an extra slash and quotes, neither helped.

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**Author:** ![nicklas.thystrup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@nicklas.thystrup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicklas.thystrup)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-server-path-to-pdf-viewer-losing/23142/3 "2019-03-07T21:25:15Z")

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four slashes are the solution. \ is the escape character