# Use XML instead of updating fla

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**Created:** [March 18, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-xml-instead-of-updating-fla/45850 "2004-03-18T17:36:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-xml-instead-of-updating-fla/45850/1 "2004-03-18T17:36:04Z")

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Hi All,

I posted something similar a while ago at the sever side board (sorry for the crosspost)- but there was no answer. Maybe it’s working out here better.  
I try to create a dynamic web gallery in flash that feeds it’s content from a XML DB, so it’s easy to update and maintain the gallery (right?!).  
What I have, is the gallery specs in the flash movie itself:

// container dimensions  
// is that even necessary?  
movieW = 650;  
movieH = 600;

loadURL = new array();

loadURL[0] = “01”;  
loadURL[1] = “02”;  
loadURL[2] = “03”;

loadW = new array();  
loadW[0] = 338;  
loadW[1] = 450;  
loadW[2] = 522;

loadH = new array();  
loadH[0] = 450;  
loadH[1] = 338;  
loadH[2] = 400;

and then the gallery process - so how can I subsitute this for a XML DB?

Thanks, I appreciate your input.

M.