flash text with URLs comes out funny in HTML

[drkknght]

for whatever reason (perhaps only in IE 5... maybe with only the flash 4 plugin?) when you highlight text, and set it up to have a URL (in the character tab), when you view the SWF file in the above mentioned browser, you get an error that resembles HTML code

(it'll say something like font="gil sans" color="#000000...)

is this just a flash 4/5 incompatibility problem? IE 5/5.5? or, am i doing something wrong?

[sjakie]

I had the same problem, just make sure you watch the movie with a Flash 5 player and everything should work fine.

[drkknght]

well, personally, thats not a problem. but, there's a ton o' people out there with just the flash 4 player / plugin (is that what causes it? flash 4/5?)

is there any way around this, other than making all those text links into graphics?

[sjakie]

Indeed, it's a new feature in Flash 5 that you can put an url in the Character tab.Flash 4 players don't understand it.
For me, there are two solutions:
1)make the textlink a button.
2)put a Flash sniffer on your website (like the Macromedia Deployment Kit)to make sure that people with the Flash player 4 upgrade to the 5.

[drkknght]

doh! whatta pain!

well, thanks for your help n'info, sjakie!

[sjakie]

I know it hurts, but that's what computers and software are all about right?

Glad I could help.