Simple htmlText question

[Liquid Genius]

I can really use your help.

Simple question, is the following valid htmlText, or do I need a <P> tag?

<FONT COLOR=#B5BD8E>cool bands</FONT><BR><FONT COLOR=#FFFFFF><U><A HREF=http://www.agathacrawl.com>agathacrawl.com</A></U></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>< BR>

[jbum]

I've found that in html text fields, the color tag only works if you put single or double quotes around the color value, e.g:

<FONT COLOR="#B5BD8E">

I've also had problems using <p>. It behaves pretty much the same as <br> if you surround each paragraph with an opening and closing <p> tag. Like so:

<p>the text</p>

But it's easier to just use <br>

Also, if you're finding that <br> and <p> are STILL not working, make sure your text field is set to multiline.

- Jim

[Liquid Genius]

Thanks Jbum!

That got the first part of the data displaying. The rest still is not. Here is the code that is creating the htmlText:

function makeText(a){
		if(a == 4){
			for(i=1; i<=13; i++){  //13 is the number of lines available for display
				trace("linksAkey"+i+": "+_root["linksAkey_"+i]);
				trace("linksAname"+i+": "+_root["linksAname_"+i]);
				if(_root["linksAkey_"+i] == 0){
					_root.Astring += '<BR>';
				}else if(_root["linksAkey_"+i] == 1){
					_root.Astring += '<FONT COLOR="#B5BD8E">';
					_root.Astring += _root["linksAname_"+i];
					_root.Astring += '</FONT><BR>';
				}else if(_root["linksAkey_"+i] == 2){
					_root.Astring += '<FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><U><A HREF="http://"';
					_root.Astring += _root["linksAurl_"+i];
					_root.Astring += '">';
					_root.Astring += _root["linksAname_"+i];
					_root.Astring += '</A></U></FONT><BR>';
				}
				trace(_root.Astring);
			}			
		}
}

[jbum]

Did you make sure the field is set to multiline?

If so, I would try temporarily commenting out parts of your script and using something simple like

_root.Astring += 'B';

Just to make sure the code is exectuting and appending stuff properly.

Then gradually add the HTML stuff back in to find the offending line. E.g:

_root.Astring += 'B<BR>';

.
.
.
_root.Astring += '<A href="url">B</a><BR>';
.
.
.
etc. etc.

- Jim