[AS 3] Loading an External XML File with Actionscript

This snippett of code will just load in the xml document and then trace it out within your flash movie

package
{
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.net.URLLoader;
	import flash.net.URLRequest;
	import flash.events.Event;
	import flash.xml.XMLDocument;

	public class LoadXML extends Sprite
	{
		private var xml:XML;

		public function LoadXML()
		{
			var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
			loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlDisplay);
			loader.load(new URLRequest("/path/to/xml/file/myfile.xml"));

		}

		private function xmlDisplay(e:Event):void
		{
			xml = new XML(e.target.data);
    		trace(xml);
		}
	}
}