# Link to email and web sites in XML

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 26, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-email-and-web-sites-in-xml/237017 "2007-08-26T14:52:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![bern494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@bern494](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bern494)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-to-email-and-web-sites-in-xml/237017/1 "2007-08-26T14:52:25Z")

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Hi  
I have adapted from the squirrel tutorial a working menu and text field that reads in successfully in a swf file, but what I cannot get to work despite a plethora of searches and tutorials is how to put a link into my xml body text thats links to anywhere in the xml sheet, or to a web site, and an email link, I cannot do it. An example of my xml text with fictitious names

\<item type=“rule”\>  
\<head\>LATEST NEWS\</head\>  
\<body\>“THE LATEST NEWS "  
Social Gathering  
The last social get-together of 2006 has been arranged Hoping for a good attendance and the usual friendly atmosphere, plus, of course, a few drinks, some great (English) food and  
some meaningful discussion.  
\<a href=“[http://www.kirupa.com](http://www.kirupa.com)” target=”\_blank"Click here to view\>  
For directions and further details email tom at mailto:kirupa.com.\</body\>  
\</item\>

I would like to be able to link somewhere else in the text or to kirupa web site and to email tom

Any help please  
Bernard