HTML links won't display in Dynamic Text Field

I am loading external text files in dynamic text fields on my
webage. These texts contain html links (<a href="page.html"
target="_blank">Click Here</a> and I have "render as HTML"
on and "selectable" off in my dynamic text field. Also, I am
loading a CSS file. Not only do I not have a hand cursor, but I do
not even have any of the text from that piece of html code down.
What is going on with this? Please respond asap, as I have been
struggling with this for a day now. Here is the Actionscript for
loading the CSS:
var flash_css = new TextField.StyleSheet();
flash_css.load("styles.css");
flash_css.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
zloc_txt.styleSheet = flash_css;
} else {
trace("Error loading CSS file.");
var zloc_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
zloc_lv.load("zloc.txt");
zloc_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
zloc_txt.text = this.content;
} else {
trace("unable to load text file.");
zloc_txt.html = true;
zloc_txt.editable = false;
_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("backgroundColor" ,
"transparent");
_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("border styles" , "solid");
Here is a sample of the text file code:
&content=Northwest Arkansas
Locations
121 Main St.
Russellville, AK 77801
(626) 111-1111 
<html><a href="
http://www.mapquest.com"
target="_blank">Click Here for Driving
Directions</a></html> 
Thanks for the help,
Chuck

The error is here:
zloc_txt.text = this.content;
Even if you rendered the textfield as HTML, you still need to
tell flash that the variable you are inserting is HTML. Therefore
you need to use the htmlText property.
zloc_txt.htmlText = this.content;

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var photoMarkersIndexArray=new Array();
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for (var j:int=0; j<pntxml.row.(TYPE=="PHOTO").ID.length(); j++){
 var tempMarkerIndex=pntxml.row.(TYPE=="PHOTO").ID[j];
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trace("before textField.numLines = " + textField.numLines);
textField.text = "test a verrrrry looooooooong striiiinnnnnnnnnnnggggggg";
trace("after textField.numLines = " + textField.numLines);
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cannot get the scrollbar to work at all. I've checked to make sure
that my scrollbar is connected to my text instance. Is there
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-----AC------
Scrolling Text XML by Digital Science |
www.digitalscience.za.org
/////////////Load XML Data/////////////
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
header = [];
txt = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
header
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txt
= xmlNode.childNodes.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
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xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("ewmn_content.xml");
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import TextField.StyleSheet;
var ss:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
ss.onLoad = function() {
txt_mc.styleSheet=this; // where yourTF is your textfield
ss.load("jokes.css"); // where yourSS.css is your css file.
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="jokes.css"?>
<JOKES>
<ONE>Tirza Sapir</ONE>
<JOKE>Founder and choreographer of the RikudNetto dance
group, teacher and lecturer, researcher, documenter and
choreographer within the framework of Eshkol-Wachman Movement
Notation. She was Head of the School of the Arts of Dance at the
Seminar Hakibbutzim College of Education, 2000–2007, where
she established the Dance Theatre and the Practicing Teachers
courses, and specialized training in Teaching and Treatment of
Learning Disabilities by means of Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation.
She has written three books containing the movement scores of dance
suites: Birds, Landscapes, and Hanukka Notebooks. Member of the
Movement Notation Society, 1968–2008. Student and colleague
of the late Professor Noa Eshkol who was the co-founder and
inventor of Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation.</JOKE>
<ONE>Sharon Reshef-Armony</ONE>
<JOKE>Head of the School for the Arts of dance at the
Kibbutzim College of Education in Tel Aviv. Teaches EWMN,
dance-theatre and composition. Choreographer of theatre plays and
film. Selected works: Hunger (Tmuna Theatre 2003-09), Film - Live
(Haifa Theatre 2007-08), Yakish & Pupche (Gesher Theatre
2007-09), Children of a lesser God (Beer Sheva Theatre 2008-09).
M.Ed (1997) from Lesley College MA in Creative Arts in Learning.
Doctoral student at ResCen, Middlesex University/ London.
Dancing in Rikudnetto group since 1990.</JOKE>
<ONE>Tally Ronen</ONE>
<JOKE>M.Ed. at Lesley University in Integrating Arts in
Learning.
Educational instructor at Kibbutzim College of Education and
teaching dance in schools and at Clore Center, Upper Galilee. Dance
choreographer for children.
Dancing in Rikudnetto group since 1991.</JOKE>
<ONE>Nira Al-Dor, Ph.D</ONE>
<JOKE>20 years of Teaching EWMN at the School of the
Dance Arts in Kibbuzim College of Education and at the School of
Arts in Tel Aviv. Her study was focused on the impact of learning
EWMN on the development of coordination.
Dancing in Rikudnetto group since 1986.</JOKE>
<ONE>Henner Drewes</ONE>
<JOKE>Lectures at the Kibbutzim College of Education in
Tel Aviv on dance and notation related technology. In 2008 he
started working as a research assistant at Salzburg University in
the project Visualizing Dance Archives.
He was awarded the Tanzwissenschaftwpreis NRW, Germany 2006
for his research on 3D representation of movement and notation.
Ph.D. (2002) at the University of Leipzig. He is the author
of the software EW Notator, a 'word-processor' for creating EWMN
scores.</JOKE>
<ONE>Shlomit Ofer</ONE>
<JOKE>M.A. at Haifa University at the Faculty of
Education with distinction, and currently doctoral student there.
Educational instructor and teacher of EWMN at Kibbutzim
College of Education. Staging performances of dance theatre in the
community.
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<ONE>Lilach Shalit</ONE>
<JOKE>M.A. in Expressive Therapies with specialization
in dance-movement therapy at Lesley University.
Educational instructor and teacher of EWMN in the course for
Dance-Theatre at Kibbutzim College of Education. Also teaching EWMN
in the School for Advanced Studies of the college, course for
Learning Disabilities, and at Orot College.
Dance-movement therapist and team coordinator at 'Tom' school
for learning disabilities and owner of a private clinic for
dance-movement therapy.
Dancing in Rikudnetto group since 1998.</JOKE>
<ONE>Michal Manor-Amir</ONE>
<JOKE>M.A. at the University of Leeds (Bretton Hall
College and Israel Extention) in Arts Education specialization in
Dance. Doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in
the Faculty of Humanities, the School of Education.
Teaching movement in the Kibbutzim College of Education
within preparatory courses of Dance, Dance-Theatre and within the
Preschool course.
A corrective teacher through movement and EWMN in elementary
and high schools, and a national teacher-instructor at the dance
supervisor's office in the Israeli ministry of education.
Dancing in Rikudnetto group since 1998.</JOKE>
<ONE>Amit Chesny-Bahari</ONE>
<JOKE>B.Ed. at Kibbutzim College of Education.
Teaching movement and dance to preschool and high school
children.
Dancing in Rikudnetto group since 2004.</JOKE>
<ONE>Orly Yaakov</ONE>
<JOKE>B.Ed. at Kibbutzim College of Education, and
graduating from the special education faculty.
Teaching EWMN and creative movement at elementary schools as
well as special education school for children ages 6-21 with medium
to deep retardation. Also teaching creative movement and
preparation for ballet to preschool children.
Dancing in Rikudnetto group since 2006.</JOKE>
</JOKES>
------CSS-----
JOKE
COLOR: #333333;
DISPLAY: block;
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
WHITE-SPACE: normal;
font-size: 11px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px;
BODYBLD
COLOR: #990000;
DISPLAY: block;
FONT-SIZE: 11pt;
FONT-WEIGHT: bold;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px
BODYBOLDUN
COLOR: #00CCFF;
DISPLAY: block;
LINE-HEIGHT: normal;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px;
TEXT-ALIGN: left;
font-size: 11px;
text-decoration: underline;
font-weight: bold;
ONE
COLOR: #00CCFF;
DISPLAY: block;
LINE-HEIGHT: normal;
TEXT-ALIGN: left;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
white-space: normal;
QUESTION
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FONT-SIZE: larger;
FONT-VARIANT: normal
TITLE
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FONT-SIZE: 14pt
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FONT-FAMILY: Arial;
FONT-SIZE: 8pt;
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TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase

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