# Formatting External Data

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/94744>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/94744 "2003-11-16T05:10:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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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/94744/1 "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, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/94744/2 "2003-11-16T17:14:47Z")

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no, I just checked the box, do I need to do it in the AS?

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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, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/94744/3 "2003-11-16T18:18:24Z")

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… Yes! 😛

What’s your code?

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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, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/94744/4 "2003-11-16T18:24:40Z")

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hmm, still doesn’t work…  
[http://phoenix.sslnetworking.com/~t6sqd/site.htm](http://phoenix.sslnetworking.com/~t6sqd/site.htm)

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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, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/94744/5 "2003-11-16T18:37:14Z")

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oh, i also needed box.html = true 🙂

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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, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/94744/6 "2003-11-16T19:13:58Z")

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I would have mentioned it, but you said it was HTML enabled already. :sigh:

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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, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-external-data/94744/7 "2003-11-16T19:20:13Z")

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in the check box 😉