Html tags in .txt files?

1

I’m loading external .txt files into scrolling text boxes and would like to know if I can have html links (urls and email) and html text formatting (bold, italic, etc…) in the .txt files. I tried adding the tags in the .txt files but it didn’t work… Any ideas?

Thanks in advance…

-P.

2

Have you made sure that you have enabled html for your text box in the properties inspector? It’s the little <> button. :slight_smile:

3

Yeah, I tried that, it didn’t work. If I enter a mailto tag for email for example, I see the tag and not a link.

Thanks for the suggestion though… :smirk:

-P.

4

You have to html enable your text box, and then tell it to read htmlText instead of just text.

Sooo…

yourTextBox.html = true

That sets it to true…

And…

yourTextBox.htmlText = variableNameHere

(that should replace yourTextBox.text = variableNameHere)

5

Great! That worked… Thanks a lot! :beam:

-P.

6

No problem :slight_smile: