# Getting html text to display from xml file usning CDATA
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**Created:** [October 14, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-html-text-to-display-from-xml-file-usning-cdata/273338 "2008-10-14T16:06:14Z")\
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**Author:**  [@ecarte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ecarte)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-html-text-to-display-from-xml-file-usning-cdata/273338/1 "2008-10-14T16:06:14Z")
Hi
I am trying to get a link to work in the body text of a text block.
I am using CDATA but can not get this to translate to html in the flash. I have checked that the ‘Render text as html’ box is checked.
What is it that I am not doing? or not doing right?
Below is my AS and below that is my XML
# ======================== xml menu stripped down
function CreateMenu(menu\_xml) {
var items = menu\_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
for (var i = 0; i \< items.length; i++)
{
if (items\*.attributes.type == “news”)
{
var header = items\*.firstChild;
var article = items\*.childNodes[1];
var item\_mc = menu\_mc.attachMovie(“menu\_item”, “item” + item\_count, item\_count);
item\_mc.\_y = item\_count \* item\_spacing;
item\_count++;
item\_mc.header\_txt.text = header.firstChild.nodeValue; //
item\_mc.main\_mc.content\_text = article.firstChild.nodeValue; // this is the content but is I use htmlText it throws an error
item\_mc.main\_mc.onRelease = DisplayInfo;
}
}
}
var news\_xml = new XML();
news\_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
news\_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success)
{
CreateMenu(this);
}
else
{
trace(“Error loading XML file”);
}
};
news\_xml.load(“news\_url.xml”);
# =================== xml file below
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\Heading\
\\text here\\And some text \\here\\\ \
]]\>\
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