# How do i replace text with a sprite?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-replace-text-with-a-sprite/270185>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-replace-text-with-a-sprite/270185 "2008-09-06T02:09:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bluemagica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bluemagica](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bluemagica)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-replace-text-with-a-sprite/270185/1 "2008-09-06T02:09:23Z")

</div>

I am trying to create a smiley system! So how do i replace the smiley text with the smiley sprite itself? Any suggetions?