XML/HTML text box

I don’t know if any of you guys & gals can help but I’ve completed the tutorial at: http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/load_images_via_XML/index.shtml which I can get to work like a dream. However, if the text box component is scaled with the Stage. object it scales the box and contents which looks real crappy. Does anyone know how to do the same thing, but bring the html into a standard dynamic text box (not an MX2004 component as in te tute) which can be scaled properly???
Aaaaagh!
Thanks,
Ross.