test field does not support html text

[Guest]

hi my  code is

               txtArea = new TextField();

            //txtArea.embedFonts = true;

            txtArea.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;

            //txtArea.defaultTextFormat = noteFormat;

            txtArea.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;

            txtArea.width =900-50;

            txtArea.selectable = false;

            txtArea.wordWrap = true;

            txtArea.multiline = true;

            txtArea.x = 10;

            txtArea.y = 30;

            trace("noteText>>>>",noteText)

            txtArea.htmlText = noteText;

            trace("txtArea.htmlText>>",txtArea.htmlText)

            mc.addChild(txtArea);          

please suggest ,thanks in advance

[Ned Murphy]

What does noteText look like?

[Guest]

<font size=3 face=garamond-light><font size=3 face=garamond-light>

<p align=left>Man’s conception of the Earth has changed from the Earth being flat to being a sphere,or ball. The extent or size of the Earth has been estimated and calculated many times throughout the centuries. In approximately 200 BC, Eratosthenes, a Greek living in</p></font></font>

[Ned Murphy]

You should be placing quotation marks around the parameter values... either use single quotes font size='3'  or slashed doublequotes  font size=\"3\"

Why are you duplicating the same font tag?

[esdebon]

Are you using supported tags?

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/478839