Flash input fields displaying weird html tags

Hello everyone!

i am building a small flash form where i have 2 input fields to which i have assigned variable names.

for testing purposes at when i click the submit button i have flash to trace the values of these variables.

i was expecting to see in the output window only the text i have entered in the fields.

Instead what i see is this
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING=“2”><P ALIGN=“LEFT”><FONT FACE=“Verdana” SIZE=“10” COLOR="#00AFEF" LETTERSPACING=“0” KERNING=“0”>test</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING=“2”><P ALIGN=“LEFT”><FONT FACE=“Verdana_10pt_st” SIZE=“10” COLOR="#00AFEF" LETTERSPACING=“0” KERNING=“0”>[email protected]</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

Anybody knows a way around this?

cheers,