# Loading XML from a URL into Flash, XML in FlashMX in general
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-a-url-into-flash-xml-in-flashmx-in-general/8058
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [November 13, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-a-url-into-flash-xml-in-flashmx-in-general/8058 "2002-11-13T03:22:56Z")
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### Author:  [@ragweed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ragweed)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-a-url-into-flash-xml-in-flashmx-in-general/8058/1 "2002-11-13T03:22:56Z")
All -
Can a Flash animation load XML from a remote URL, e.g. ‘[http://www.something.com/something.xml](http://www.something.com/something.xml)’ and parse the XML in a way similar to XSLT?
Does anyone know of any good tutorials on working with XML in Flash?
Is this feature specific to FlashMX, or can I accomplish this in Flash5?
I’m familiar with XSLT - can I do any form of XSLT-like functions within Flash when working with XML? Or do I have to reinvent the wheel?
I’m learning Flash and would like to use it primary for rendering data from XML.
Thanks very much for your assistance!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2002, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-a-url-into-flash-xml-in-flashmx-in-general/8058/2 "2002-11-13T10:11:57Z")
you could use XML within Flash 5, right now, am searching for a good tutorial!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-xml-from-a-url-into-flash-xml-in-flashmx-in-general/8058/3 "2002-11-13T11:00:58Z")
Try this one:
[http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/articles/learning\_xml.html](http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/articles/learning_xml.html)