Access xml nodes in flash

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ok, im about to pull ALL my hair out trying figure the tree model for accessing xml nodes in flash. just when i think i have it figured out…i don’t.

my XML file…

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
 <mag>
  <item>
   <name>.../images/randoms/1.jpg</name>
   <width>400</width>
  </item>
  <item>
   <name>.../images/randoms/2.jpg</name>
   <width>250</width>
  </item>
  <item>
   <name>.../images/randoms/4.jpg</name>
   <width>400</width>
  </item>
 </mag>

my flash as…

 
//loads my photos CORRECTLY (using for loop)
p.loadMovie(nodes*.firstChild.childNodes[0].nodeValue);

so why doesn’t the code below load the widths??

 
p.loadMovie(nodes*.firstChild.childNodes[1].nodeValue);

when i trace this…

 
trace(nodes*.childNodes[1]);

i get “<width>400</width>,<width>250</width>, etc” so i add “.nodeValue” to the end of the trace and then it returns NULL.

my head hurts! can anyone point me in the right direction or to a good tutorial? thanks!