# Automatically updating an XML file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/automatically-updating-an-xml-file/236692>\
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**Created:** [August 22, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/automatically-updating-an-xml-file/236692 "2007-08-22T21:56:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/automatically-updating-an-xml-file/236692/1 "2007-08-22T21:56:17Z")

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Hi,

I have a video player (kinda like youtube and those) that is updated by manually updating the XML file that tells flash what videos to play. The videos are stored in a folder called videos. Is it possible to get it so when the user puts a new video into the video folder the XML is updated automatically…?

I have no idea where to start looking at this…any pointers would be great.  
Has anyone done anything like this before?

Cheers…

Ben.