# Creating a dynamic XML list of links

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-dynamic-xml-list-of-links/162839>\
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**Created:** [September 16, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-dynamic-xml-list-of-links/162839 "2005-09-16T18:55:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![subdes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@subdes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/subdes)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-dynamic-xml-list-of-links/162839/1 "2005-09-16T18:55:23Z")

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greetings.

i’d like to create a movie that generates a list of links based on data read from an XML file. ideally, the movie would read a URL and description from the XML file and build a clickable link that would read something like “[Kirupa.com](http://Kirupa.com) - Shock Flash Resource for Tutorials, etc… [www.kirupa.com](http://www.kirupa.com)”. i’d like the text to then be displayed inside of a small movieclip that would be duplicated for each link.

i’ve tried doing this myself, and despite all the tutorials i’ve read i still can’t manage to learn the code to read and parse XML files correctly. if anyone could help me out, specifically with the reading/parsing of the XML files and the termination of the loop (ie: when flash has reached the end of the XML file), it would be greatly appreciated.