# Simple XML driving my crazy, please help

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-xml-driving-my-crazy-please-help/172010
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 9, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-xml-driving-my-crazy-please-help/172010 "2005-12-09T22:37:26Z")
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### Author: ![fathed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@fathed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fathed)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-xml-driving-my-crazy-please-help/172010/1 "2005-12-09T22:37:26Z")

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I know this is stupid, but I really need some help. I have looked through tutorial after tutorial and nothing is what I need. I need to only display the information from a few nodes from the XML in a text field.

the XML is like this:

```auto
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<playlist>
	<item>
	 <filename>http://www.macndabox.com/mp3s/HipHop/Destiny's Child - Through With Love.mp3</filename>
		<artist>Destiny's Child</artist>
		<album></album>
		<title>Through With Love</title>
		<track></track>
		<comments></comments>
		<genre></genre>
		<seconds>215.9281875</seconds>
		<filesize>3.45</filesize>
		<bitrate>128</bitrate>
		<visual></visual>
		<url></url>
	</item>

```

I only want to display ARTIST and TITLE but I need it to show for as many as 100 songs listing in rows. I know how to display the whole thing but just not individual parts of a whole XML file. This most simple of tasks is driving me crazy.  
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.