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**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 16, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242 "2004-06-16T07:46:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:**  [@gryan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gryan)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/1 "2004-06-16T07:46:27Z")
I’m loading text from an external .txt file. I want to put html tags to change the color and add links.
The links I can get to work, but when i change the color …everything after the color change disappears when it’s loaded.
Is there a fix for that in Flash MX?
Can anyone help?
thanks
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/2 "2004-06-16T07:54:01Z")
Usually when text disappears all the sudden, it probably means that you have there some tag problems. Could be that you have something overlapping there…
Check your .txt file and make sure you have closed all tags and written them properly. If you still can’t get it work, try attaching the file here.
:rock:
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/3 "2004-06-16T08:04:51Z")
this is what is typed in the text file:
textbox=example text loads into the dynamic text box\this text turns red \ but this text disappears for some reason
the text scrolls as well… i don’t know if that would change anything, but yeah…
?? it works in a regular html file. (No disappearing text)
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/4 "2004-06-16T08:08:30Z")
The ending tag is wrong:
```auto
text
```
That ought to fix it 🙂
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/5 "2004-06-16T08:08:32Z")
the end tag is \ not \ :whistle:
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/6 "2004-06-16T08:42:58Z")
how do i make that section of text a different color as well as a link?
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/7 "2004-06-16T08:49:32Z")
```auto
type you text here
```
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/8 "2004-06-16T09:18:37Z")
THANKS People!! :thumb:
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/externally-loaded-dynamic-text-html-tags-failing/113242/9 "2004-06-16T09:38:06Z")
um, isn’t this in the wrong forum?