**Author:**  [@DJ\_Lex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DJ_Lex)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-characters-in-dynamic-text-box/20262/1 "2003-05-06T23:05:43Z")
In searching the forums I found dozens of threads about loading text dynamically. LOL! That is not the problem here. What I’m trying to figure out is a formatting issue.
I know that I can send this html to a dynamic text box and it works correctly:
\< a href=“[http://www.djlex.com](http://www.djlex.com)” target="\_blank"\>Click\< /a\>
But, why does it not work to replace the quotation marks with & quot; ?
\< a href=& quot;[http://www.djlex.com](http://www.djlex.com)& quot; target=& quot;\_blank& quot;\>Click\< /a\>
(BTW, the extra spaces are intentional so the html does not render as html in this post)
Can anyone enlighten me on this?
Thanks in advance,
Lex
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-characters-in-dynamic-text-box/20262/2 "2003-05-06T23:14:35Z")
1 you can use < and > for \< and \> on the forums 😉
and two, for quotes use either single quotes or escape the quotes with a backslash
\Click\
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-characters-in-dynamic-text-box/20262/3 "2003-05-07T02:17:11Z")
The characters also have to work in HTML. That link is being sent to an HTML location as well as my Flash file.
I’ll have to experiment with those slashes to see if it works.
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-characters-in-dynamic-text-box/20262/4 "2003-05-07T21:34:42Z")
Senocular,
That did the trick! Thank you so much for your help!