# HTML text in dynamically created text fields?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-text-in-dynamically-created-text-fields/224534>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-text-in-dynamically-created-text-fields/224534 "2007-05-03T03:36:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-text-in-dynamically-created-text-fields/224534/1 "2007-05-03T03:36:43Z")

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Hi,  
I am creating a series of text fields to display data from an xml file.

eventClips\*.createTextField(“url\_txt”,9,0,0,250,30);  
eventClips\*.url\_txt.htmlText = “\<a href=”"+child.attributes.url+""\>\</a\>";

I can’t get the text fields that I am creating dynamically to accept html, why???

I have tried .html = true;

Am I really going to have to create my own button and use getURL?

what’s the secret?

:puzzled:

I am using flash 8, as2.