# XML and Flash, whats the point?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-whats-the-point/209459>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 8, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-whats-the-point/209459 "2006-12-08T23:09:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shinchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Shinchy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Shinchy)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-whats-the-point/209459/1 "2006-12-08T23:09:36Z")

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Hey;

I’ve been developing Flash for years now and to be honest I’ve never bothered to use XML with it. But recently loads of Jobs are asking for XML / Actionscript sites; what I am wondering is what it the actual point of XML?

From what I have seen everything it does can be, better achieved and easier to achieve by using other methods such as linking to a .txt file and then using a background PHP CMS program to edit it.

So in very simple terms what does it Actually Do?