# Flash MX Text Scroller Hyperlink Problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-text-scroller-hyperlink-problem/51966>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 18, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-text-scroller-hyperlink-problem/51966 "2004-05-18T20:54:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-text-scroller-hyperlink-problem/51966/1 "2004-05-18T20:54:14Z")

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[font=Arial]Hi,[/font]

[font=Arial]Please help, I don’t know what I’m doing. I just started in Flash. I’m trying to create a XML text scroller in MX that contains links to other sites.[/font]

[[url=“http://www.eeftp.741.com/links-test.fla”][font=Arial][color=black][url=“http://www.eeftp.741.com/links-test.fla”]www.eeftp.741.com/[/color][/font][font=Arial][color=black]links-test.fla](http://www.eeftp.741.com/eeftp.741.com)[/color][/font]

[[url=“http://www.eeftp.741.com/links-test.xml”][font=Arial][color=black][url=“http://www.eeftp.741.com/links-test.xml”]www.eeftp.741.com/[/color][/font][font=Arial][color=black]links-test.xml](http://www.eeftp.741.com/)[/color][/font]

[[url=“http://www.eeftp.741.com/navigation-test.fla”][font=Arial][color=black][url=“http://www.eeftp.741.com/navigation-test.fla”]www.eeftp.741.com/[/color][/font][font=Arial][color=black]navigation-test.fla](http://www.eeftp.741.com/eeftp.741.com)[/color][/font]

[font=Arial]I want to make sure I do this right and know how it works so that I can start asking new questions…[/font]

[font=Arial]Ran into a little problem…[/font]

[font=Arial]I’m working with a few different files:[/font]

[font=Arial]links.swf (the XML scroller)[/font]  
[font=Arial]navigation.swf[/font]  
[font=Arial]and links.xml[/font]

[font=Arial]On my server if I go to links.swf it works just fine. Displays the XML and everything.[/font]

[font=Arial]But, if I go to links.swf by clicking the links button from navigation.swf, it displays the files flash header but doesn’t retrieve the XML links.[/font]

[font=Arial]The code for the links button is as follows:[/font]  
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[font=Arial]on (release) {[/font]  
[font=Arial]\_root.navifunction();[/font]  
[font=Arial]loadMovieNum(“links.swf”, 10);[/font]  
[font=Arial]}[/font]

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[font=Arial]And I’ved tried changing: data\_xml.load(“links.xml”); [/font]

[font=Arial]to: data\_xml.load(“folder\_name\_where\_xml\_file\_is/links.xml”);[/font]

[font=Arial]I’ve tried everything that I can do and it doesn’t work. It comes up if I go directly to links.swf but the XML doesn’t come up if I click on it through the navigation. I’m really confused. [/font]

[font=Arial]It has to be a problem with the link. The swf appears, but without the XML. I tried different directories for both the swf and XML. I don’t know what it is because I’m not sure of what I’m looking for at this point. Why isn’t it grabbing the XML?[/font]

[font=Arial]What do I need to do for the XML to display correctly?[/font]

[font=Arial]Need more info? I appreciate any help.[/font]

[font=Arial]Thanks,[/font]  
[font=Arial]jules [/font]