# Getting XML info to populate text boxes in MCs. PLZ Help!

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**Created:** [October 13, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-xml-info-to-populate-text-boxes-in-mcs-plz-help/165736 "2005-10-13T16:07:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![madzigian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@madzigian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/madzigian)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-xml-info-to-populate-text-boxes-in-mcs-plz-help/165736/1 "2005-10-13T16:07:55Z")

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don’t know if i should have put this in an ActionScript forum or not… but here goes…

ok say i created an mc that contains 2 dynamic text boxes. the text boxes instance names (or variable names if that’s easier to do) are **news** and **Date**. The mc is NOT on the the stage, it’s in the library with the linkage name “clip”.

Now what i want to do, is attach a series of these mc’s at runtime according to how many “nodes” (sections between the \<topic\> tags) are contained in my XML file… which i would am guessing i would set up something like this:

```auto

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<NEWSBLOG>

<TOPIC>
<DATE>October 12, 2005</DATE>
<TEXT> This would be some sort of pertinent information about god knows what</TEXT>
</TOPIC>

<TOPIC>
<DATE>October 11, 2005</DATE>
<TEXT> This would be more useless information, but you get the point...</TEXT>
</TOPIC>

</NEWSBLOG>

```

I just can’t figure out how to get the data from the XML file into the text boxes. That is the AS i need help writing…

i know i could do it with a regular array (well, i don’t know that **I** could do it… but i know it can be done) I just don’t want to have to edit the FLA every time there is a new addition or change in the “news” information.

Is that clear?..

Oh yea… also wanted to ask, i keep seeing in XML files that people put in these \<br/\> tags… or something like that. but as long as i can remember… html “break” tags were just \<BR\> right? What’s the difference?

thanks for all your help and patience in advance. It’s greatly appreciated!

M