# FL-MX External text and mailto link problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fl-mx-external-text-and-mailto-link-problem/207676>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 20, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fl-mx-external-text-and-mailto-link-problem/207676 "2006-11-20T17:03:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![lcarruthers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@lcarruthers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lcarruthers)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fl-mx-external-text-and-mailto-link-problem/207676/1 "2006-11-20T17:03:04Z")

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I’ve followed the tutorial on importing data from an external text file into flash but I need to make the email address active.

As per the tutorial the actionscript in the flash file is:  
loadText = new LoadVars();  
loadText.load(“data2.txt”);  
loadText.onLoad = function() {  
name.text = this.name;  
email.text=this.email  
location.text = this.location;  
};

the data2.txt file is:  
name=Kirupa [Chinnathambi&email=blah@blah.com](mailto:Chinnathambi&email=blah@blah.com)&location=Earth

How do I make the email address active so that it’s clickable from within Flash? I’ve tried many different things but none of them seem to work.

Thanks for any help.