# Mxml problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mxml-problem/241464
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 14, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mxml-problem/241464 "2007-10-14T14:36:46Z")
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### Author: ![AlexGM16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@AlexGM16](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AlexGM16)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mxml-problem/241464/1 "2007-10-14T14:36:46Z")

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Sorry I did not know which forum to post this in, but I am getting an error:

\*\*Parse error at ‘\<mx:HTTPService\>’

\*\*Here’s my code:

_**(main.mxml)**_

```auto
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="bookData.send()">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.*;
import mx.rpc.events.*;
private var bookStock:ArrayCollection;
private function bookHandler(evt:ResultEvent):void
{
    bookStock=evt.result.books.stock;
}
]]>
<mx:HTTPService id="bookData" url="assets/books.xml" result="bookHandler(event)" />
<mx:DataGrid x="56" y="250" width="950" dataProvider="{bookStock}" />
</mx:Application>

```

_**(books.xml)**_

```auto
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<books>
   <stock>
      <name>The Picasso Code</name>
      <author>Dan Blue</author>
      <category>Fiction</category>
      <description>Cubist paintings reveal a secret society of people who really look like that</description>
   </stock>
</books>

```