I should know better than to trust the livedocs before trying it first ;)
I'd imagine that if it was a security issue, you would get a security violation exception. Have you tried running it in debug and seeing if you get any exceptions being thrown? Gk. Gregor Kiddie Senior Developer INPS Tel: 01382 564343 Registered address: The Bread Factory, 1a Broughton Street, London SW8 3QJ Registered Number: 1788577 Registered in the UK Visit our Internet Web site at www.inps.co.uk <blocked::http://www.inps.co.uk/> The information in this internet email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is not authorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of INPS or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bjorn Sent: 06 October 2008 11:53 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] swf with TextField.htmlText - links do not work Thanks for answering Gregor, but you're mistaken ... it automatically works in Flex, e.g. this code will open the link in the browser by default:

