# HTML not rendering in Text Field

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-not-rendering-in-text-field/286019>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 8, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-not-rendering-in-text-field/286019 "2009-04-08T20:50:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-not-rendering-in-text-field/286019/1 "2009-04-08T20:50:39Z")

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For some reason the HTML isn’t being rendered in the text field being created with the following code. The HTML that should be displaying is in the feedback.htmlText = part.

Not sure why, can anyone help me spot the problem?

```auto

package exam {
    
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.text.*;
    
    //this class is used to create a "pop-up" window to ask users to confirm they want to exit (after clicking
    //exit exam button), and then to report back on how the submission went, and offer to resend if necessary
    public class MessageWindow extends Sprite {
        //VARIABLES
        private var feedback:TextField;
        private var confirm:YesBtn;
        private var quit:CancelBtn;
        private var resend:ResendBtn;
        
        public function MessageWindow (type:String, unanswered:Number=0, score:Number=0) {
            var bg:Shape = new Shape();
            bg.graphics.beginFill(0xcccccc,1);
            bg.graphics.lineStyle(3,0x122837);
            bg.graphics.lineTo(400,0);
            bg.graphics.lineTo(400,250);
            bg.graphics.lineTo(0,250);
            bg.graphics.lineTo(0,0);
            bg.graphics.endFill();
            addChild(bg);
            
            
            
            var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
            format.font = "Arial";
            format.size = "22";
            format.bold = false;
            format.color = 0x122837;
            feedback = new TextField();
            feedback.width = 300;
            feedback.x = 50;
            feedback.y = 15;
            feedback.wordWrap = true;
            feedback.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            feedback.mouseEnabled = false;
            feedback.multiline=true;
            
            if (type == "confirm") {
                feedback.text = "Are you sure you want to exit the exam?";
                if (unanswered > 0) {
                    feedback.appendText(" You still have "+unanswered+" unanswered questions.");
                }
                feedback.setTextFormat(format);
                addChild(feedback);
                quit = new CancelBtn();
                quit.setType("cancel");
                quit.x = 25;
                quit.y = this.height - (quit.height + 15);
                addChild(quit);
                confirm = new YesBtn();
                confirm.setType("confirm");
                confirm.y = quit.y;
                confirm.x = this.width - (confirm.width + 25);
                addChild(confirm);
            }else if (type == "success") {
                feedback.htmlText = "Congrats on finishing the exam!<br>Your score is "+Math.round(score*100)+"%<br>Click to <a href=' http://linktopdf.pdf '>download</a> your certificate<br />You may now close the exam window .";
                
                feedback.setTextFormat(format);
                addChild(feedback);
            }else {
                if (type == "databaseError") {
                    feedback.text = "Errors occured while saving your data. Please retry.";
                }else if (type == "networkError") {
                    feedback.text = "Could not contact the server. Please make sure you are connected to the internet and try again.";
                }
                feedback.setTextFormat(format);
                addChild(feedback);
                resend = new ResendBtn();
                resend.setType("resend");
                resend.x = 200-(resend.width/2);
                resend.y = this.height - (resend.height + 15);
                addChild(resend);
            }
        }
    }
}

```