# Formatting External Data

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633 "2003-11-16T05:10:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Yeldarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/51bf81/32.png) [@Yeldarb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yeldarb)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633/1 "2003-11-16T05:10:38Z")

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Is there a way to format external data in the text file. IE putting in links to e-mails? The only way that I have found to put links in is through a tutorial on this site, but you have to do it in the flash authoring environment

help on this would be much appreciated.

I also have MX 2004, but would rather use MX because that is what I am currently exporting as, and the Flash 7 plugin isn’t widespread enough yet.

thanks 🙂 😃 :thumb:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633/2 "2003-11-16T05:15:58Z")

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You can use the \<a href\> tag

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633/3 "2003-11-16T05:18:27Z")

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i don’t know, i thought you could, but I tried it, look at the result ☹ [http://phoenix.sslnetworking.com/~t6sqd/](http://phoenix.sslnetworking.com/~t6sqd/)

EDIT: and btw, yes, I have HTML enabled in the dynamic text box

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633/4 "2003-11-16T05:20:07Z")

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Where is it?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633/5 "2003-11-16T05:21:25Z")

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click the left side on the splash, you should see it

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633/6 "2003-11-16T05:24:38Z")

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Well, your txt file should look something like this:

```auto
myVar=<a href='mailto:you@something.com'>mail me</a>&

```

And enable html for your textfield

[edit]and i cant see whats wrong

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633/7 "2003-11-16T05:28:58Z")

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you don’t see it? it’s on the first page right in the middle! lol

that’s what I have, i have a php script generating it in the shoutbox, should \<br\> work as well?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/35633/8 "2003-11-16T07:21:41Z")

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Are you assigning the HTML formatted text through the [font=courier new]TextField.htmlText[/font] property?