# \[AS2\] Apply Actions to Text in TextArea?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-apply-actions-to-text-in-textarea/291027>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 23, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-apply-actions-to-text-in-textarea/291027 "2009-06-23T20:51:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mintz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@Mintz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mintz)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-apply-actions-to-text-in-textarea/291027/1 "2009-06-23T20:51:57Z")

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I found a thread on [actionscript.org](http://actionscript.org) that showed a [way to load functions from text in a dynamic text box. It works using "[URL=“http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary073.html”]asfunction](http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=26564)". I tried it and it worked.

However, load that dynamic text into a TextArea component and it doesn’t call the function anymore! Is there a way to do it?