Text URL link

[grovemedia]

When you add text to a frame, is there a way to make the URL Link dynamic. I am using MX 2004. Thanks

 

[theotrain]

yeah. there are several ways to get this effect, but let's assume you are talking about a regular text field where you would normally type the URL in the URL Link box in the property inspector...

1) make a text box. you will have to make it "dynamic text" so you can give it an instance name. In this example I will use "myTextField" as the instance name for this text field.

2) choose "render text as html" and make the text unselectable.

3) to assign a URL for this text with actionscript type

myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.url = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.tek-tips.com";[/URL]
myTextField.setTextFormat(myTextFormat);

(for this exact code to work it would have to sit in the timeline that contains the texfield.)

good luck

 

[grovemedia]

Thank you so much for the help. It is greatly appreciated.