# AS2: XML Tags

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-xml-tags/239920>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 27, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-xml-tags/239920 "2007-09-27T08:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![lilleypants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@lilleypants](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lilleypants)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-xml-tags/239920/1 "2007-09-27T08:35:45Z")

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I have a quick question that I am not 100% sure on. In my program I need flash to recognise if the object it is pulling in from XML is an: image/sound/mvie or animation.

In XML the tag looks like this:

```auto
 
<mult_file type= "image" alt="alt text">intro.jpg</mult_file>

```

what I need flash to do is read the file type of it - I know how to put nodes in but how would I get it to find the type?

Thanks for any help.