# Displaying XML data

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-xml-data/329374>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 20, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-xml-data/329374 "2012-08-20T06:30:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![aneeshatvm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@aneeshatvm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aneeshatvm)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-xml-data/329374/1 "2012-08-20T06:30:37Z")

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i got the code for displaying XML data from this page…But can anyone tell about \_root.inventor and \_root.comments ?? can we use text variable instead of this for storing the data ???[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xmldataflash3.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xmldataflash3.htm)… Plz help …