# XML Driven Drop down tutorial

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-drop-down-tutorial/274505>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 30, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-drop-down-tutorial/274505 "2008-10-30T18:42:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![dstort1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@dstort1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dstort1)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-driven-drop-down-tutorial/274505/1 "2008-10-30T18:42:23Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xml\_dropdown\_menu3.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xml_dropdown_menu3.htm)

Hi all, so I’m trying to convert the above tutorial into as3. The problem i’m having is finding the as3 equivalent of this line

[SIZE=2][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]xmlObject.firstChild[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE]