# Display raw XML with TextField.htmlText

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-raw-xml-with-textfield-htmltext/305352>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 23, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-raw-xml-with-textfield-htmltext/305352 "2010-02-23T22:18:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-raw-xml-with-textfield-htmltext/305352/1 "2010-02-23T22:18:39Z")

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Is this at all possible?

I’m trying to write raw XML (tags, attributes, indents and all) in a text field. The problem is that the text field is using .htmlText, for text coloring, so I cannot simply use the .text property instead. The result is that the XML tags are interpreted as HTML and subsequently only their contents are shown.