# XML and textfield problems

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-textfield-problems/271456>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 23, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-textfield-problems/271456 "2008-09-23T11:16:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ximo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/57b2e6/32.png) [@ximo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ximo)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-textfield-problems/271456/1 "2008-09-23T11:16:32Z")

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Hello can anyone help me with my problem… i am trying to load an xml file in a dynamically loaded textfield according to the required text… but i was stuck in a problem that it seems that the AS only creates the last textfield and set the value to it so the first one is not shown… or maybe i have done some wrong code… any ideas?

here is my AS code

```auto
this.createTextField("txtField1",5,50,100,50,50);
this.createTextField("txtField2",5,50*2,200,50,50);

function loadXML(loaded) {
    numberOfXMLFields = 2;
    
    if (loaded) {

        for (i=0; i<(this.firstChild.childNodes.length); i++) {

            _root.inventor = this.childNodes[0].childNodes*.firstChild;
            switch (i) {
                case 0 :
                    {

                        trace("inventor : "+_root.inventor);
                        txtField1.text = _root.inventor;
                        trace("iteration number : "+i+" text "+txtField1.text);
                        txtField1.type = "dynamic";
                        txtField1.autoSize = "center";
                        txtField1.multiline = true;
                        txtField1.selectable = false;
                        txtField1.setTextFormat(my_fmt);
                        break;
                    };
                case 1 :
                    {
                        //_root.inventor = this.childNodes[0].childNodes*.firstChild;
                        txtField2.text = _root.inventor;
                        trace("iteration number : "+i+" text "+txtField2.text);
                        txtField2.type = "dynamic";
                        txtField2.autoSize = "center";
                        txtField2.multiline = true;
                        txtField2.selectable = false;
                        txtField2.setTextFormat(my_fmt);
                        break;
                }
            }

        };
    } else {
        content = "file not loaded!";
    }
}

//XML loading
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("inventors.xml");

//Text Formating Style 
var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
my_fmt.color = 0x00FF00;
my_fmt.size = 8;

```

and here is my XML file contents…

```auto

<inventors2>
    <name>Thomas Edison</name>
    <comment>Inventor of many things such as the incandescent lightbulb.</comment>

    <name>Doug Engelbart</name>
    <comment>Invented the mouse at the Stanford Research Institute</comment>

    <name>Thomas Edison</name>
    <comment>Inventor of many things such as the incandescent lightbulb.</comment>

</inventors2>

```

as you see the first trace comes with undefined … any ideas why?  
thanks in advance…