# Create Dynamic XML - Flash communication (working)
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-dynamic-xml-flash-communication-working/267061
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-dynamic-xml-flash-communication-working/267061 "2008-07-28T08:49:02Z")
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### Author:  [@wootwoot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wootwoot)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/create-dynamic-xml-flash-communication-working/267061/1 "2008-07-28T08:49:02Z")
Hey everyone!
Ever wanted flash to be able to load info from external files(such as xml) as soon as these files were updated?
–updated–problem solved using _Method 2_ discussed below-- 31 July
Two ways that i know how to do this
**Method 1-**
> use a timer so that flash will load the xml file every second or so then load it if a value in the xml is different that the stored value.
_This is how i did it:_
1. Use a timer to reload the xml file every 1 second.
This causes problems with constantly loading images every one second – (bad).
2. Use a timer but write a script to check if xml is new - if new, load it,
otherwise dont.
_Checking if XML is new or old:_
php creates xml with time of creation node using the time() function “\1217229719\”
When flash loads an xml it stores the time value in variable “time\_xml”. Every 1 second it loads a new xml in a tempory loader and compares the \ value in this loader with the one stored in “time\_xml”. If they are different, it loads the temp data into flash and sets the time\_xml to the new \, otherwise it does nothing.
This creates real time flash - XML updating but it is very taxing on the flash application, making sluggish.
_Here is file:_
Read the fla comments to get it to work on server
2 files, unrar and copy the fla into the folder “flash xml”
files too big, download from:
> **[Create Dynamic XML - Flash communication (working)](https://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?p=4076930#post4076930)**
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> Hey everyone!
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> Ive managed to create a working version for flash to load xml as soon as it is changed.
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> The only problem is that it is really draining on the system. And i want to know if there is a better way to approach it.
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> This is how i did...
**Method 2 -**
> Since javascript can communicate with flash, use php to tell javascript when php creates the xml, then javascript will tell flash to load the file. (best solution)
This is an _excellent tutorial_ showing how this is done.
Link
[http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view…nalId=tn\_15683](http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15683)
google cached link
[http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache…ient=firefox-a](http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:AlWhBWP-yxwJ:kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do%3FexternalId%3Dtn_15683+javascript+to+actionscript&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=nz&client=firefox-a)