# Problem parsing xml: HELP

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-parsing-xml-help/152515>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 25, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-parsing-xml-help/152515 "2005-06-25T13:22:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![prada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@prada](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prada)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-parsing-xml-help/152515/1 "2005-06-25T13:22:25Z")

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Hi there  
I am trying to load a master xml file which has a list of all xml files in my project e.g.

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?\>  
\<content\>  
\<xml src = “one.xml”/\>  
\<xml src = “two.xml”/\>  
\</content\>  
In turn, i then want to create a new xml object for each of these xml files and load the content of each of them.  
I have managed to parse the master xml file holding the list of all xml files. And so I am looping around and trying to load each of these.

PROBLEM: For each one in the loop i.e. two files in my case, I am only able to load one of these files i.e. two.xml. I don’t understand! Here’s my ActionScript

```auto

function extractInnerXML(){ //function called when master.xml is parsed
        //_global.fileList is an array with data from parsing master.xml
        //i.e. one.xml, two.xml
    for(var i= 0; i<_global.fileList.length; i++){
       var fileToLoad = _global.fileList*;
       myXML= new XML();
       myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
       //Load XML file
       myXML.load(fileToLoad);
       trace("Loading file : "+fileToLoad)
       myXML.onLoad = myOnLoad2;
    
                                    
        }
    }
function myOnLoad2(success){
    trace("In myOnLoad2");
    if (success) {
            trace("success");
            firstTag = myXML.firstChild;
            trace("firstTag = "+firstTag);
                    //this trace produces NULL first time round. See output below
            
    }else{
        trace("error");
        }
}

```

**[color=RoyalBlue]OUTPUT PANEL[/color]**  
Loading file : one.xml  
Loading file : three.xml  
In myOnLoad2  
success  
firstTag = null  
In myOnLoad2  
success  
firstTag = \<content\>\<screen\>\<title\>Shopping\</title\>\<paragraph\>A joint production between HBO Films and the BBC\</paragraph\>\<paragraph\>But when Gina starts challenging \</paragraph\>\<paragraph\>A timely love story, \</paragraph\>\</screen\>\</content\>