# XML Data will not show when used in a loaded external .swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-data-will-not-show-when-used-in-a-loaded-external-swf/272271>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 3, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-data-will-not-show-when-used-in-a-loaded-external-swf/272271 "2008-10-03T12:39:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicktheknife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b4bc9f/32.png) [@nicktheknife](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nicktheknife)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-data-will-not-show-when-used-in-a-loaded-external-swf/272271/1 "2008-10-03T12:39:15Z")

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Hello,  
I’m a total noob with xml and flash to some extent. Here’s my problem, I downloaded an external xml-based photo gallery that pulls photos from an external folder. The swf by itself works perfectly fine and loads all the photos in the order that I specified. However, when I try to load this into my main swf, the gallery graphics and buttons load, but the pictures do not show up. It seems to be working find, aside from the fact that they are not visible. Can anyone help??? Thanks