# URL text link doesnt work within movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-text-link-doesnt-work-within-movie-clip/213754>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 23, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-text-link-doesnt-work-within-movie-clip/213754 "2007-01-23T00:48:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![tristan888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@tristan888](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tristan888)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-text-link-doesnt-work-within-movie-clip/213754/1 "2007-01-23T00:48:12Z")

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Hi,

I have a static textbox within a movie which has its “link” field set to a URL. However when clicked after exporting the swf file, the URL does not load. Has this something to do with the Target drop-down box?

thanks