# Using \<a href= in an External Text File

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-a-href-in-an-external-text-file/216863>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 21, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-a-href-in-an-external-text-file/216863 "2007-02-21T04:40:24Z")\
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Shalom.

I have a dynamic text field linking to an external UTF-8 encoded text file. I have added a test link in the plain text:

```auto
This is a test <a href="http://google.com">link</a>.

```

However, when I view the .swf file, the test loads without parsing the HTML code. Any clues?

Yes, I’ve enabled HTML rendering under the properties tab of my text field.

EDIT: Upon further testing, I realised no HTML tags parse at all.