# TextLayout component - adding text link problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textlayout-component-adding-text-link-problem/294654>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 18, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textlayout-component-adding-text-link-problem/294654 "2009-08-18T06:14:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![shebimangalath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@shebimangalath](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shebimangalath)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textlayout-component-adding-text-link-problem/294654/1 "2009-08-18T06:14:11Z")

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[COLOR=darkred]var txt="\<a href=‘event:test’\>MY TEXT LINK\</a\>";[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=darkred][/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkred]var dataText:String = “\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?\>”+  
“\<flow:TextFlow xmlns:flow=”[/COLOR]