# Flash & XML best solutions?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-best-solutions/236772>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 23, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-best-solutions/236772 "2007-08-23T15:46:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![tolk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/tolk/32/2496_2.png) [@tolk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tolk)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-best-solutions/236772/1 "2007-08-23T15:46:20Z")

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**Problem**

I’m currently working on a project where i need to load data off an xml file on a server (local to the flash swf file). Ideally I want to use some of the flash UI components to display and edit the data (to save me from having to make my own). I’m kinda learning as I go - at the moment I know how to load XML from a file into an XML object - using for example my\_xml.load(“a.xml”). I’m not sure what to do with it after I have loaded it into flash, how can i connect this to my UI components (mainly combo box, list and datagrid components)?  
Is there a better method for loading the XML originally?

**Other criteria of my project you may want to consider when awnsering:**

Ability to edit and re-save the xml to the original file on server

Ability to upload xml files from user’s local machine to server -\> have code for uploading picture files to server so should be able to adapt this

Ability to save xml files from flash (probably via server) to user’s local machine -\> think i know how i can do this, saving the files to server (via php) then allowing user to dl from there