ActionScript 2.0 :: Adding HTMLStuff To XML Menu

In the xml dropdownmenu from senuclar(tutorial) you can load txt in a txtfield but how can I add breaks, url's, bold, ... to my txt. In the .fla I have the following:
Actions.message = function(msg) {
trace(msg);
message_txt.html = true;
message_txt.htmlText = msg;
}

This is how the xml looks like:
<menu name="main nav">
<item name="button1" action="message" variables=" Here I have my txt "/>
</menu>
When I publish the .fla and add breaks in the xml file It just won't show content.