Text.html=true : open in new window?

Question

1. How can I make msgA[3] text #C0C0C0?
2. How can I make mgsA[3] open in a new window?
var format1:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format1.bold = true;
format1.color = 0x666666;
format1.size = 15;
this.createTextField("scroll_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 143, 170, 648, 233);
this.createTextField("newszlatestcat", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 143, 170, 648, 233);
newszlatestcat.multiline = true;
newszlatestcat.wordWrap = true;
newszlatestcat.textColor = 0xFFFFFF;
senderLoad.sendAndLoad("http://www.abc.com/my.php",receiveLoad,"POST");
receiveLoad.onData = function(src) {
     var messageA:Array = src.split(",,,");
     messageA.pop();
var charCount = 0;
     var formatIndices = new Array();
newszlatestcat.html=true;
     for(var i:Number=0; i<messageA.length; i++){
           var msgA:Array = messageA[i].split(",,");
           newszlatestcat.htmlText += msgA[0]+msgA[1].split(" ")[0]+"<br>"+msgA[2]+"<br><b>Link |  </b><a href='"+msgA[3]+"'>"+msgA[3]+"<\a><br>"+hrF(newszlatestcat,"_",0x333333)+"<br><br>";
           formatIndices[i] = {startAt: charCount, endAt: charCount+msgA[0].length};
           charCount = newszlatestcat.text.length;
     for(var j:Number=0; j<formatIndices.length; j++){
           newszlatestcat.setTextFormat(formatIndices[j].startAt, formatIndices[j].endAt, format1);

Answer 1

1.  While it's considered bad html practice, you can try placing a font tags around the text within the set of anchor tags to set the color.
2. To target a window in an anchor tag you need to include the parameter:  target="_blank"