TextArea link inside a move clip

The actionscript calls textArea to have a rollover action and
then link to another site when released. However when placed inside
a movie clip the rollOver works but not the link. I need someone to
tell me what syntax I'm missing. It's gotta be possible.
Please help.
Here's the Code:
var feature_styles:TextField.StyleSheet = new
TextField.StyleSheet();
feature_styles.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0x000000);
feature_styles.setStyle("mainbody", {color: "#333333",
fontFamily: "FFF Hero", fontSize: "8", display: "inline"});
feature_styles.setStyle("a:link", {color: "#333333",
fontFamily: "FFF Hero", fontSize: "8", display: "inline"});
feature_styles.setStyle("a:hover", {color: "#FF0000"});
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.label.condenseWhite=true;
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.styleSheet = feature_styles;
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.wordWrap = true;
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.html = true;
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.label.selectable=false;
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.editable=false;
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.vScrollPolicy = "off";
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.hScrollPolicy = "off";
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.embedFonts = true;
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.text += "<a
href=\"Fall08images/downloads/FALLOUT_1600x1200.jpg\"
target=\"_blank\">1600 x 1200</a><br>";
_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("backgroundColor" , "none");
_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("borderStyle", "none");
_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("borderColor", "none");
stop();

Try:
background1_mc.textbox_1.links_1.htmlText += "<a
href=\"F...

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Incubusguy wrote:
> My problem first appeared very simple, but I have spent
a while on it and can't
> think how to solve it. I must say that I am very much an
amateur in designing
> in Flash and ActionScript.
>
> I created a movie clip containing an embedded video and
a sound clip. In the
> main timeline I inserted the movie clip into a keyframe.
When I found the movie
> clip didn't play, I discovered that the only way of
making it play was to place
> a Stop action in the keyframe of the movie clip, and
also set the whole movie
> to loop. The Stop action stopped the whole movie from
looping, but instead made
> the movie clip loop. If the keyframe is on frame 456,
how do I make it advance
> onto frame 457 once the movie clip has finished running?
>
> I've tried various ways around the problem, including
placing a button inside
> the movie clip to Go to and Play frame 457, but instead
it plays frame 457 in
> the movie clip.
>
> Can anyone help me with this please?
>
>

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