# External XML, reload/refresh

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-xml-reload-refresh/134217
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [January 16, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-xml-reload-refresh/134217 "2005-01-16T02:45:17Z")
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### Author: ![kubik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kubik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kubik)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-xml-reload-refresh/134217/1 "2005-01-16T02:45:17Z")

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Hi there!

Since one of my new years resolutions was to seriously freshen up my Flash/AS knowledge, I have begun to work through some of the (very well-done) tutorials here - this afternoon/evening was “[XML-time](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xmldataflash.htm)”.

Since I didn’t just want to complete the turorial and move on, I have begun building a little Flash newsreader for my desktop. Until a few hours ago, everything worked beautifully - external XML file is being loaded and displayed properly.

One thing I that has me completely stumped though, is how in the world do I reload the XML file manually? I have tried simply repeating the XML import (assigning the loadXML function to a button) but the display of my “newsreader” refuses to show the updated contents from the XML file (I’m working with a local XML file for now to make things easier)

This is driving me bunkers. If any of you guys could help me over this “bump” with a link/tutorial/code snippet - that would be most appreciated!

TIA, kubik

🙂