MX and .txt

programming flash
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I am loading txt files into a “text box” within the main movie. These files mostly contain info and email links which is all fine… however I am trying to add a link that will open a pdf file in another window. Flash MX can only read HTML 1.0 so using a script (within the txt file) is not working, and I cannot seem to find a work-around. It is easy for me to create a link in flash and call a java code from there, but I really need this link to be inside the text file… don’t think it is possible, but I wanted to check here first and see if anyone could give me some ideas.

PS currently just using a <A HREF=""> tag puts the pdf into the main window wich does not have nav buttons so you can’t go back to the site and the user must close the main page and reopen to get back to the other content.

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have you added a “target = _blank”…?
but normally, it would trigger the download, if the user doesn’t have acrobat plug-in stalled…!

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holy crap… boy do I feel stupid… I knew there was going to be something lame that I wasn’t thinking of - guess I was staring at the problem too long and too late last night. Thanks a lot, that will work out just find.