# TextArea Issue\[MX04\]

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-issue-mx04/108062>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 21, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-issue-mx04/108062 "2004-04-21T13:40:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Random\_Hero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@Random\_Hero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Random_Hero)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-issue-mx04/108062/1 "2004-04-21T13:40:14Z")

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Spent yesterday afternoon working on this one, so I decided to try it with the straight-out-of-the-dictionary stuff in a new movie to see if it could work.

That failed, of course. Here’s what I started with:

```auto
function MyFunc(arg){
  trace ("You clicked me! Argument was "+arg);
}
myTextField.htmlText ="<A HREF=\"asfunction:MyFunc,Foo \">Click Me!</A>";

```

This works super for a dynamic text box, but I want it to work in a textArea.

Here’s what I did:

```auto
function MyFunc(arg){
  trace ("You clicked me! Argument was "+arg);
}
myTextArea.text ="<A HREF=\"asfunction:MyFunc,Foo \">Click Me!</A>";

```

and I set the textArea to html:true (lazy, didn’t do it in actionscript, crucify me later)…

So, where am I botching it?

The text renders fine, but when I click the link, I get diddly in the output window. If I change it to a standard web link like “[www.yahoo.com](http://www.yahoo.com)”), it’ll launch a browser window.

```auto
myTextArea.text ="<A HREF=\'http://www.yahoo.com'>Click Me!</A>";

```

Arrg!

Wait, that gives me an idea. For the next version, Macromedia should call it ARRGshunScript.

Any help’s appreciated. Thanks!