# Problem with text area

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-text-area/279532
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 15, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-text-area/279532 "2009-01-15T19:08:58Z")
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#### Post date: [January 15, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-text-area/279532/1 "2009-01-15T19:08:58Z")

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I have a small file that has a button and a text area. When I hit the button I attempt to connect to SCORM. In the Flash IDE, when I hit connect, it returns “Could not connect to scorm” in the text area as it should. When I test it embedded in the HTML, I get nothing. Any idea why that would be? Is it an embed font issue? Here is my code:

```auto

package com.dop.scormtest
{
    
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import fl.controls.TextArea;
    import fl.controls.Button;
    import pipwerks.SCORM;
    
    public class ScormTest extends MovieClip
    {
        
        private var lessonStatus :String;
        private var lmsConnected :Boolean;
        private var success :Boolean;
        private var scorm :SCORM;
        private var window :TextArea;
        private var button :Button;

        public function ScormTest()
        {
            
            initTest();
            
        }
        
        private function initTest():void
        {
            
            window = new TextArea();
            window.x = 25;
            window.y = 37;
            window.width = 550;
            window.height = 300;
            window.editable = false;
            window.text = "Idle.
";

            button = new Button();
            button.x = 25;
            button.y = 355;
            button.width = 120;
            button.label = "Connect To Scorm";
            button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, connectToScorm);
            
            addChild(window);
            addChild(button);
            
        }
        private function connectToScorm(e:MouseEvent):void
        {
            scorm = new SCORM();
            
            lmsConnected = scorm.connect();
            
            if (lmsConnected)
            {
                
                window.appendText("Successfully connected to LMS.
");
                
            }
            
            else
            
            {
                
                window.appendText("could not connect to LMS.
");
                
            }
            
        }
        
    }
    
} 

```