HOW TO??: make a hyperlink in a dynamic text field

[corporatebrainwarshing]

I'm trying to have a hyperlink in a dynamic text field.

I want the field to be updated from an outside file (txt? or html?)

All it need to be is a line of text to click on that will take the user to whatever URL happens to be assigned to that txt or html file at that given moment.

I've tried loadvariables, and it doesn't semm to be the right way to go about it

Can anyone help me?

[ArchMiller]

Could you just put the dynamic field inside a button and then give to button a getURL action?

[corporatebrainwarshing]

but then the flash file would have to be altered to update the changing url links.

I need non-flash users to update the hyperlink through the use of a linked text file or html file

[mulcac]

You can do this a couple of ways-
easiest is to have a text file with the vars-
LoadVars ( or loadVariables )
then make a button - with a dynamic text field - make sure html is selected.
Set the text to the var in your text file - load it as html text and have it enclosed in <a> tags.

There ya go.
you could also do a getURL
or save the vars outside as an XML file.

[corporatebrainwarshing]

but how would the text be imported as a hyperlink?
wouldn't it have to come in html form?
And how would i have to format the text?

[wiReZ]

It's basically HTML formatting inside, pretty simple.

Follow the instructions of loading text with loadVars()
http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...t_scrollmx.htm

Here are valid HTML formatting snippets for dynamic text.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...s/htmltext.htm

Hope this of some help to you.