# Very basic XML error

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 11, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254 "2003-08-11T21:19:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/4bbf92/32.png) [@955](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/955)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254/1 "2003-08-11T21:19:15Z")

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I’m trying to get XML to work in Flash, and I just can’t make it work :-\

I tried making something more advanced, but it just failed miserably, so for now I’m settling for something simpler.

```auto

myXml = new XML();
myXml.load("myxml.xml");
myXml.ignoreWhite = true;
myXml.onLoad = function() {
	trace(myXml.firstChild.nodeValue);
};

```

```php

<myxml>Hello</myxml>

```

I just see null in the output window…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254/2 "2003-08-11T21:27:06Z")

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[AS]myXml.onLoad = function() {  
trace(myXml.firstChild.firstChild);  
};[/AS]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254/3 "2003-08-11T21:27:22Z")

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1. Your XML file cannot just be 1 node, it has to have a parent node that houses the childnodes…

```php
<parentnode>
<myxml>Hello</myxml>
</parentnode>

```

Then after you fix that change myXml.firstChild.nodeValue to myXml.firstChild.firstChild

You can read up on what nodeValue really is in the AS Reference in Flash MX.

[edit]kax always beats me :([/edit]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254/4 "2003-08-11T21:29:35Z")

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Yeah… I love you for being so slow. :love:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254/5 "2003-08-11T21:37:36Z")

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So you love me for my mental disability ☹

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254/6 "2003-08-11T21:41:16Z")

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Nope, I love you because you’re smart!! :love:

… Being slow is just a plus. 😉

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254/7 "2003-08-11T21:43:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kax \*  
> \*\*Nope, I love you because you’re smart!! :love:

… Being slow is just a plus. 😉 \*\*

LOL, that’s a load of crap :sleep:

Hey kax, why do we always end up thread hijacking?

[size=1]don’t answer that…[/size]

[size=1]::end transmission::[/size]

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-basic-xml-error/28254/8 "2003-08-12T12:18:40Z")

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Yeah, I figured it out after a while. Thanks a lot for helping me anyway 🙂