# Render Text as HTML problems
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/render-text-as-html-problems/16247
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 22, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/render-text-as-html-problems/16247 "2003-03-22T19:22:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@ronsgoingcrazy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ronsgoingcrazy)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/render-text-as-html-problems/16247/1 "2003-03-22T19:22:55Z")
Having trouble rendering text as html . . .any ideas what might be going wrong?
[link](http://ron.artcasts.com/test.htm)
i can provide the .fla file if anyone wants to see.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/render-text-as-html-problems/16247/2 "2003-03-22T20:08:33Z")
you have to render your texbox as html true and then tell it to read html text.
myTextBox.html = true;
myTextBox.htmlText = variableName;
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/render-text-as-html-problems/16247/3 "2003-03-22T20:28:39Z")
can’t i just have the box selected for “render text as html” what is that not working?
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/render-text-as-html-problems/16247/4 "2003-03-22T20:29:56Z")
myTextBox.html = true;
myTextBox.htmlText = variableName;
myTextBox.html = true renders your textbox as HTML.
myTextBox.htmlText = variableName reads the text as HTML.
HTML formatted Text only works in a textbox if the text is inputted into the textbox through AS or an external file.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/render-text-as-html-problems/16247/5 "2003-03-22T20:31:02Z")
```php
myText = "This text is bold";
myTextBox.html = true;
myTextBox.htmlText = myText;
```
That assumes your textbox instance name is “myTextBox”.