Hello Steve,
I think I've got it. See the sample at
http://www.jlangdon.ca/SteveGraham/SteveGraham.pdfThe text field accepts rich text. I have a form variable called strLicense, which contains XHTML. On initialize, the field loads the XML using:
this.resolveNode("value.#exData").loadXML(strLicense.value,false,true);
The only problem was that when I make the field read only, the scroll bars don't appear. So, on exiting the field, I reset the value again using the same line of code. That way if the user changes the contents of the field, it changes itself back. Maybe someone else can improve on this approach.
Hope this helps.
Jared Langdon
http://www.jlangdon.ca