# \<XML\> Inserting hyperlink into XML node

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-inserting-hyperlink-into-xml-node/178367>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [February 9, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-inserting-hyperlink-into-xml-node/178367 "2006-02-09T22:08:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![thalamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@thalamus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thalamus)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-inserting-hyperlink-into-xml-node/178367/1 "2006-02-09T22:08:55Z")

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Hello:

I would like to be able to put a hyperlink with anchor tags in an XML node so all the characters in the node are passed to a dynamic text box in Flash where HTML formatting is preserved.

something like this:

\<node\>\<a href=“[www.something.com](http://www.something.com)”\>click here\</a\>\</node\>

How do I go about this? - I’m afraid an \<a\> and \</a\> tag will be treated like a new child called “a” within the current XML node.

Thanks.