AS2: XML not working on publish

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Fundamentally my code seems to work on preveiw but when I actually publish nothing appears.

Here’s the code in full:

stop();
#include "as/tween.as"
var k:Number;
var my_xml = new XML();
my_xml.load("/xml/master.xml");
my_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
my_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
 if (success) {
  for (var i = 0; i<10; i++) {
   var populate = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes*.firstChild;
   k = (i+1);
   _root['tc'+i]._alpha = 0;
   fill(_root['tc'+i],k);
  }
  var q0 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild;
  var q1 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[1].firstChild;
  var q2 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[2].firstChild;
  var q3 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild;
  var q4 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[4].firstChild;
  var q5 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[5].firstChild;
  var q6 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[6].firstChild;
  var q7 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[7].firstChild;
  var q8 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[8].firstChild;
  var q9 = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[9].firstChild;
  _root.tc0.txt1.text = q0;
  _root.tc1.txt1.text = q1;
  _root.tc2.txt1.text = q2;
  _root.tc3.txt1.text = q3;
  _root.tc4.txt1.text = q4;
  _root.tc5.txt1.text = q5;
  _root.tc6.txt1.text = q6;
  _root.tc7.txt1.text = q7;
  _root.inv1.onRelease = function() {
   if (_root['tc6']._alpha>99) {
    init();
   } else {
    fader(_root['tc0'],0,100,3);
   }
  };
 }
};
function init() {
 for (var j = 0; j<10; j++) {
  _root['tc'+j]._alpha = 0;
  _root['tc'+j]._visible = false;
 }
 _root.inv1.onRelease = function() {
  _root['tc0']._visible = true;
  if (_root['tc6']._alpha>99) {
   init();
  } else {
   fader(_root['tc0'],0,100,3);
  }
 };
}
function fill(mc, k) {
 mc.onRelease = function() {
  _root['tc'+k]._visible = true;
  trace(_root['tc'+k]);
  if (_root['tc'+k]._alpha<99) {
   fader(_root['tc'+k],0,100,3);
  }
 };
}

The XML is just a list with test phrases which, as I said, appear quite correctly in the dynamic text fields (inside the mcs, tc0, tc1, tc2 etc)

The XML file is located in the folder /xml/ one level above the swf folder.

What puzzles me is that everything seems OK on using shift>enter to preview and yet it doesn’t work after publishing.

Anyone got any ideas?