# Dynamic text link
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273 "2003-08-25T05:22:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@Zeroc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zeroc)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/1 "2003-08-25T05:22:01Z")
How do I link to another frame from a dynamic text?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/2 "2003-08-25T05:37:50Z")
what exactly are you trying to do more info would be helpfull
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/3 "2003-08-25T05:40:22Z")
Use the asfunction protocol.
Run a search for _asfunction_ in this section of the forum, you’ll find a couple of threads on how to use it. 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/4 "2003-08-25T05:44:50Z")
well im not sure if this will work or not, but i dont see any reason it shouldnt?
in your dynamic text’s properties box, select the little button that looks like this " \<\>" to render the text as html…then you need to add a url tag around your linked text that looks something like this:
\<**a href=“[http://linkhere.com](http://linkhere.com)” target=“frameNameHere”\>link text\<**/a\>
that should do it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/5 "2003-08-25T05:45:27Z")
For html framesets (edited from previous post)
In your flash document, set your text to dynamic in properties, select the “\<\>” option (html), then add your URL. Next choose your target frame which would NOT be one of those listed options like \_self, etc. but the name you gave to the target frame when you created your frameset: like “kirupa” for example (as in the frames tutorial ) Enter this name in the target field. This will cause the link in one frame to open in another frame.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/6 "2003-08-25T05:55:22Z")
I might have misunderstood the question… I thought he wanted to go to another frame in the Flash movie! 😛
…Or maybe I did understand and you all got it wrong? :bad:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/7 "2003-08-25T05:58:55Z")
I just want to jump to that frame on the timeline, not open any website.
I have named the frame now but dont know how to link to it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/8 "2003-08-25T06:00:56Z")
Kode was right =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/9 "2003-08-25T06:08:21Z")
I knew it!! 😛
Ok… only because I was right, I’ll tell you exactly what to do. 😉
Create a dynamic TextField, check _Render text as HTML_ and give it an instance name in the Properties Panel.
Go to the Frame actions and paste this code:
[AS]TextFieldInstanceName.htmlText = “\go to frame X\”;[/AS]
Replace _TextFieldInstanceName_ with the instance name given to your TextField, and _frameNumberOrLabelHere_ with the frame number or label.
Or create a static TextField, and paste this code in the URL link field in the Properties Panel:
[AS]as\*\*\*\*function:gotoAndPlay,frameNumberOrLabelHere[/AS]
Obviously, you can replace gotoAndPlay with gotoAndStop depending on what you want to do. =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/10 "2003-08-25T06:09:31Z")
Thanks for the clarity: frames, links, dynamic text…it all starts to blur… 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/11 "2003-08-25T06:13:56Z")
…It was clear enough for me. 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/12 "2003-08-25T06:17:28Z")
yeah!! it works, i modified your code a little so it seems like this now:
\_root.spela = ‘\Spela\’;
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/13 "2003-08-25T06:21:02Z")
Yeah, the forum messed up the code a bit… it’s fixed now. =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/14 "2003-08-25T06:21:37Z")
touche
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/15 "2003-08-25T06:29:17Z")
oops…so that i misunderstand ya…but nice technique kode…i didnt know that! thanx.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-link/29273/16 "2003-08-25T06:31:08Z")
No problem, blackpulp. =)