# Highlighting text and saving it as link in xml or DB

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/highlighting-text-and-saving-it-as-link-in-xml-or-db/284190>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/highlighting-text-and-saving-it-as-link-in-xml-or-db/284190 "2009-03-16T13:51:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@last](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/last)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/highlighting-text-and-saving-it-as-link-in-xml-or-db/284190/1 "2009-03-16T13:51:08Z")

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So I thought of building a Flash CMS. The one thing i would like to know is how would one turn text that has been typed in then highlighted in a textbox and then click on a button and turn the highlighted text into a link. I know it would involve some backend scripting.