# Linking external files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-external-files/39651>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 9, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-external-files/39651 "2004-01-09T13:22:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![waztone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cdc98d/32.png) [@waztone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waztone)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-external-files/39651/1 "2004-01-09T13:22:01Z")

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Ok, i’ve tried the search but that didn’t offer much help.

I have a .swf with a empty movieclip in it ( lets say “main”). In this empty movieclip an external .swf (lets say “content”) is loaded.

In content.swf I have a textArea and with AS I load an external XML or HTML file (lets say: “test1.html”) into the textArea.

Here’s the problem.  
I want to use links in the (external) text, and when I press the links in my animation, I want content.swf to display the target of the link (lets say: “test2.html”)

Anybody got some ideas???