Auto-load first item in xml?

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im simply trying to load in the first xml item on start-up. The xml has title, description and image paths…heres the code for those who are interested:

imagetextbox_txt._visible=false;
imagetextbox2_txt._visible=false;
imagetextbox3_txt._visible=false;

// define basic variables for setting up the menu
var item_spacing = 16; // how far menu items are spaced veritcally
var item_count = 0; // counts menu items as they are added from the XML

// CreateMenu creates a menu based on the XML object passed.
// It loops through all the items with a for loop adding clips to the menu_mc
// movieclip on the timeline, defining the appropriate text where needed
function CreateMenu(menu_xml){

// start with the first item in the XML
var items = menu_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes; // menu -> menuitems -> child nodes array
for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++) {
    // only continue if the type of this item is a squirrel
    if (items*.attributes.type == "advertising") { 
        // create variables for our elements
        var itemtitle = items*.firstChild; // same as items*.childNodes[0]
        var description = items*.childNodes[1]; // second child node
        var imagepath = items*.childNodes[2]; // third child node
        var imagepath2 = items*.childNodes[3]; // third child node
        var imagepath3 = items*.childNodes[4]; // third child node
        
        var firstitem = items[0].childNodes[2]; // first item
        
        // Create a menu item movie clip in the menu_mc instance on the main timeline
        // for each item element offsetting each additional further down the screen
        var item_mc = menu_mc.attachMovie("menu_item","item"+item_count, item_count);
        item_mc._y = item_count * item_spacing;
        item_count++;
        
        
        // assign text using nodeValue to get the text
        // from the text nodes and CDATA sections
        item_mc.textclip.species_txt.text = itemtitle.firstChild.nodeValue;
        item_mc.main_btn.location_text = description.firstChild.nodeValue;
        
        item_mc.main_btn.imagepath_txt = imagepath.firstChild.nodeValue;
        item_mc.main_btn.imagepath2_txt = imagepath2.firstChild.nodeValue;
        item_mc.main_btn.imagepath3_txt = imagepath3.firstChild.nodeValue;
        
        firstitem_txt = firstitem.firstChild.nodeValue;
        
        trace (imagepath.firstChild.nodeValue);
        
        // set the onRelease of the item button to the DisplayInfo function
        item_mc.main_btn.onRelease = DisplayInfo;
        
        

        
        
        
        
    }
}

}

// manage XML
// create new XML object instance, remembering to ignore white space
var portfolio_xml = new XML();
portfolio_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
// define an onLoad to create our location menu when the XML has successfully loaded.
portfolio_xml.onLoad = function(success){
if (success) CreateMenu(this);
else trace(“Error loading XML file”); // no success? trace error (wont be seen on web)
}
// load the xml file!
portfolio_xml.load(“portfolio.xml”);

// DisplayInfo is used when an item is pressed
// it hides the menu_mc (and the buttons) and shows the
// infobox_mc, assigning the text of the selected button
// to the textbox within.
function DisplayInfo(){

 imageHolder.gotoAndPlay(1);
fadeOutAndBack();
 
menu_mc._visible = true;
infobox_mc._visible = true;
infobox_mc.content_txt.text = this.location_text;

imagetextbox_txt.text=this.imagepath_txt;
imagetextbox2_txt.text=this.imagepath2_txt;
imagetextbox3_txt.text=this.imagepath3_txt;
//
imagetextbox_txt._visible=false;
imagetextbox2_txt._visible=false;
imagetextbox3_txt._visible=false;

imageHolder.morphContainer.loadMovie(imagetextbox_txt.text);
imageHolder.morphContainer2.loadMovie(imagetextbox2_txt.text);
imageHolder.morphContainer3.loadMovie(imagetextbox3_txt.text);

bannerMC._alpha=0;

}

function loadFirstItem(){

menu_mc._visible = true;
infobox_mc._visible = true;
infobox_mc.content_txt.text = this.location_text;
imagetextboxfirst_txt.text=firstitem_txt;
imageHolder.morphContainer.loadMovie(imagetextboxfirst_txt.text);
imageHolder.gotoAndPlay(1);

}

//loadFirstItem();

function fadeOutAndBack(){
imageHolder.alphaTo(0,1,“linear”);

     imageHolder.onTweenComplete=function(){
          if (imageHolder.alpha<1){
         imageHolder.alphaTo(100,1,"linear");
     }
     
 }

}

stop();