# Flash MX - loading external text in scroll bars
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-loading-external-text-in-scroll-bars/34961
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 8, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-loading-external-text-in-scroll-bars/34961 "2003-11-08T13:29:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@amovertone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amovertone)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-loading-external-text-in-scroll-bars/34961/1 "2003-11-08T13:29:30Z")
hey flash peeps
i need help!
is it possible to add links to text that is loading externally in scroll bars??
this is the tutorial i followed. but i can’t seem to find a way to add links or bold parts of a sentence. i tried adding html tags to the txt file, but they just show up in the text box without any interactivity:
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dynamic\_scroller.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dynamic_scroller.htm)
thanks,
[static@amovertone.com](mailto:static@amovertone.com)
:hr:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-loading-external-text-in-scroll-bars/34961/2 "2003-11-08T13:46:16Z")
HTML tags is the way to do it, but you must enable HTML rendering for that textbox. You do that by checking the button with the “\<\>” on it, in the property inspector when that textbox is selected.
Then, you must set the htmlText value instead of the text value for that textbox. So no longer textfield.text = “something”, but textfield.htmlText = “something”. Then, your html tags will be displayed correctly 🙂
Note: You can also set the HTML property through actionscript:
```auto
textfield.html = 1
textfield.htmlText = "text goes here ... Link to Kirupa.com for example."
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-loading-external-text-in-scroll-bars/34961/3 "2003-11-08T17:58:23Z")
thanks Voetsjoeba !
adding the textfield.htmlText did the trick!
but why doesn’t the underline or color change happen for links. it works, but no one will know where the link is:
…
inserttext=Recordari \volo transactas\ foeditates meas, et carnales corruptiones animae meae, non quod eas amem, sed ut amem te, deus meus.
amore \amoris tui \facio istuc, recolens vias meas nequissimas in amaritudine recogitationis meae,
…
the bold works and the link works, but you can’t visually see the link? is there another trick???
thanks for your time,
static :azn:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-loading-external-text-in-scroll-bars/34961/4 "2003-11-09T01:41:49Z")
You could just put \\ tags around the links, then they would be underlined
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-loading-external-text-in-scroll-bars/34961/5 "2003-11-09T02:14:56Z")
paradox244 - your a genius!!! thanks for your help guys!!