Argh why is this not working? xml gallery text field

this should be easy…am i missing something? i have an image gallery, slightly modified from kirupa’s xml image gallery, and for some reason the desc_txt text field isnt filling with the <piece> node from the xml file. everything else works. the text field is set to dynamic text and the instance name is correct (desc_txt). here is the actionscript, can anyone help??


details_mc._visible = false;

border.onRollOver = function() {
    details_mc._visible = true;
    details_mc._x = _xmouse;
    details_mc._y = _ymouse;
    startDrag(details_mc);
}
border.onRollOut = function() {
    details_mc._visible = false;
    stopDrag();
}


///////gallery starts here
spacing = 30;
MovieClip.prototype.resizeMe = function(w, h) {
	var speed = 3;
	//_root.picture._alpha = 0;
	this._width += (w-this._width)/speed;
	this._height += (h-this._height)/speed;
	if (Math.abs(this._width-w)<1) {
		this._width = w;
		this._height = h;
		//w = 0;
		//h = 0;
		if (_root.picture._alpha<100) {
			_root.picture._alpha += 10;
		}
		_root.picture._x = this._x-this._width/2+spacing/2;
		_root.picture._y = this._y-this._height/2+spacing/2;
	}
};
function loadXML(loaded) {
	if (loaded) {
		xmlNode = this.firstChild;
		image = [];
		piece = [];
		link = [];
		total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
		for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
			image* = xmlNode.childNodes*.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
			piece* = xmlNode.childNodes*.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
			link* = xmlNode.childNodes*.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
		}
		firstImage();
	} else {
		content = "file not loaded!";
	}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("assets/portfolio.xml");
/////////////////////////////////////
listen = new Object();
listen.onKeyDown = function() {
	if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
		prevImage();
	} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
		nextImage();
	}
};
Key.addListener(listen);
previous_btn.onRelease = function() {
	prevImage();
};
next_btn.onRelease = function() {
	nextImage();
};
/////////////////////////////////////
p = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
	filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();
	loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();
	preloader._visible = true;
	//
	previous_btn._x = (border._x-border._width/2);
	previous_btn._y = (border._y+border._height/2);
	next_btn._x = (border._x+border._width/2-next_btn._width);
	next_btn._y = (border._y+border._height/2);
	//
	if (loaded != filesize) {
		preloader.preload_bar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
	} else {
		preloader._visible = false;
		var w = picture._width+spacing;
		var h = picture._height+spacing;
		border.resizeMe(w, h);
		//var sitelink = link[p];
	}
};

border.onRelease = function() {
	getURL("javascript:Launch('"+sitelink+"', 800, 700)");
};

function nextImage() {
	if (p<(total-1)) {
		p++;
		if (loaded == filesize) {
			picture._alpha = 0;
			picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
			details_mc.title_txt.text = heading[p];
			_root.details_mc.desc_txt.text = piece[p];
			picture_num();
			sitelink = link[p];
		}
	} else if (p == (total-1)) {
		p = 0;
		if (loaded == filesize) {
			picture._alpha = 0;
			picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
			details_mc.title_txt.text = heading[p];
			_root.details_mc.desc_txt.text = piece[p];
			picture_num();
			sitelink = link[p];
		}
	}
}
function prevImage() {
	if (p>0) {
		p--;
		picture._alpha = 0;
		picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
		details_mc.title_txt.text = heading[p];
		_root.details_mc.desc_txt.text = piece[p];
		picture_num();
		sitelink = link[p];
	} else if (p == 0) {
		p = (total-1);
		if (loaded == filesize) {
			picture._alpha = 0;
			picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
			details_mc.title_txt.text = heading[p];
			_root.details_mc.desc_txt.text = piece[p];
			picture_num();
			sitelink = link[p];
		}
	}
}
function firstImage() {
	if (loaded == filesize) {
		picture._alpha = 0;
		picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
		details_mc.desc_txt.text = piece[0];
		picture_num();
		sitelink = link[0];
	}
}
function picture_num() {
	current_pos = p+1;
	pos_txt.text = current_pos+" / "+total;
}
/////////gallery ends here