# Dynamically creat buttons from XML data **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [August 18, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creat-buttons-from-xml-data/61394 "2004-08-18T06:29:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![escapist](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/escapist/32/697_2.png) [@escapist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/escapist)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creat-buttons-from-xml-data/61394/1 "2004-08-18T06:29:02Z")
I looked for an answer to this in the forum… forgive me if I missed it. I’m building a site that draw it’ data from XML for the first time. Right now, all of the text and image paths are coming from an XML doc. What I want is to be able to write something like a foreach loop that will create a series of menu buttons on the stage based on the number of child nodes in the XML node I specify. Each button should be offset horizontally from the previous one, and draw itself several frames after, to give a wave-like effect. Each button should also have the functionality to load XML data into a pre-existing textArea. The site I’m working on is here: http://[jason-carlin.com](http://jason-carlin.com). The menu I want to build dynamically is the submenu (above the main menu) that appears after you click on WORK. Any help is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creat-buttons-from-xml-data/61394/2 "2004-08-19T02:22:22Z")
I have been searching for months trying to find out how to do exactly what you want to do and have come up with nothing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creat-buttons-from-xml-data/61394/3 "2004-08-19T03:00:59Z")
Are you using ASP? You can do this with ASP and XSLT since you are using XML. Basically build your xml in a query string. It is real involved and hard to explain, but that should at least send you on your way. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creat-buttons-from-xml-data/61394/4 "2004-08-19T03:45:12Z")
maybe that link is part of what your looking for: [http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=52684](http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=52684) hope that helps, -zod ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creat-buttons-from-xml-data/61394/5 "2004-08-22T19:18:39Z")
That is exatly what I was looking for. There were some subtle differences in my syntax that were keeping my code from working. Thanks so much for your help. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-creat-buttons-from-xml-data/61394/6 "2004-08-22T20:13:25Z")
you’re very welcome :thumb: - zod