# listBox to listBox from XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listbox-to-listbox-from-xml/191361>\
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**Created:** [June 19, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listbox-to-listbox-from-xml/191361 "2006-06-19T23:28:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![dColumbus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dColumbus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dColumbus)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/listbox-to-listbox-from-xml/191361/1 "2006-06-19T23:28:54Z")

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I’m trying to get this right and I can’t figure it out. How can I load XML into a listBox Component without loading each of my subcategories? Here’s what I’m trying to do…

For example:

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“ISO-8859-1”?\>  
\<articles\>  
\<cat url=“[http://www.msn.com](http://www.msn.com)” desc=“Flash Forward SF” /\>  
\<subcat url=“[http://www.msn.com](http://www.msn.com)” desc=“Flash Forward Sub” /\>  
\<cat url=“[http://www.msn.com](http://www.msn.com)” desc=“Flash Forward SF” /\>  
\<subcat url=“[http://www.msn.com](http://www.msn.com)” desc=“Flash Forward Sub” /\>  
\<cat url=“[http://www.msn.com](http://www.msn.com)” desc=“Flash Forward SF” /\>  
\<subcat url=“[http://www.msn.com](http://www.msn.com)” desc=“Flash Forward Sub” /\>  
\</articles\>

I want to load the main “cat” into one listBox and when you click on one of that main “cat” it loads the corresponding “subcat” into a second listBox. Instead, the main “cat” and the "subcat"s are all being loaded into the first listBox. Make sense?

Here’s my actionscript:

```auto
var alist:XML = new XML();
alist.ignoreWhite = true;
alist.onLoad = function() {
 var articles:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
 for(i=0;i<articles.length;i++) {
  articleList.addItem(articles*.attributes.desc,articles*.attributes.url);
 }
 
 ns.play(articleList.getItemAt(0).data);
 articleList.selectedIndex = 0;
}
 
var artList:Object = new Object();
artList.change = function() {
 ns.play(articleList.getItemAt(articleList.selectedIndex).data);
}
articleList.addEventListener("change",artList);
alist.load("videos.xml");
articleList.setStyle("selectionColor",0xCCCCCC);
articleList.setStyle("textSelectedColor",0x000000);
articleList.setStyle("rollOverColor",0xCCCCCC);

```

Any help would be greatly appreciated.