Render text to htmlText

Hello, I have this weird problem that i can't seem to fix.
I have an input textfield on my stage with the instance
input_txt
I am loading a variable from an textfile with
var my_message1:String;
function dataOnLoad_install(evt:Event){
my_message1 = (evt.target.data.myMessage1).toString();
trace("loaded message "+my_message1);
When i trace my_message1 the outputs returns:
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING=\"2\">abcdefg
aaa</TEXTFORMAT>
So that seems to go well, but when i want to set the
textfield input_txt to this string value nothing is displayed.
input_txt.htmlText = my_message1;
I really don't get it, because when i put the output of the
trace directly in the textfield it works fine.
input_txt.htmlText = '<TEXTFORMAT LEADING=\"2\">abcdefg
aaa</TEXTFORMAT>' ;
So, how is this possible? I tried almost everyting... does
anybody has an idea on what the problem
could be?
Regards

Thanks everyone, but i think there is a 'bug' in rendering
this html textformat into a textfield.
I tried to isolate the problem. And if you run this, you will
be in for a surprise :(
If you uncomment the line
//my_message = '<TEXTFORMAT LEADING=\"2\">abcdefg
aaa</TEXTFORMAT>';
You will see the text "abcdefg aaa" without a problem.
Hi Kglad, I think i am sure that i don't set the value before
it's loaded because
if you replace this line
message_txt.htmlText = my_message;
to this
message_txt.htmlText = escape(my_message);
You will see unformatted text in the textfield. Also if you
change it to message_txt.text = my_message;
It goes wrong when it's loaded ...perhaps we can't see in the
trace something??
Is there a fix for this? And should this
'bug' be reported?
Try these line of code. Place an dynamic or input text and
call it's instance name message_txt

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