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[AS 3] Loading an External XML File with Actionscript

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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);
}
}
}

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