# Question on XML files for photo gallery

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-xml-files-for-photo-gallery/201539>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 22, 2006, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-xml-files-for-photo-gallery/201539 "2006-09-22T08:32:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![rosanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rosanna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rosanna)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-on-xml-files-for-photo-gallery/201539/1 "2006-09-22T08:32:55Z")

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Hello again…  
I’ve a question : I see in the forum that XML files are quite always used for photo gallery ( thumbs…) creation  
What’s the point of using XML ?  
Does it ease and make better the job ?  
Do I absolutely have to use it ?

Thanks very much for your explanation.