# XML help, what is going on! :O

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-help-what-is-going-on-o/307073
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 27, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-help-what-is-going-on-o/307073 "2010-03-27T14:41:45Z")
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### Author: ![Vivavida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/848f3c/32.png) [@Vivavida](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vivavida)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-help-what-is-going-on-o/307073/1 "2010-03-27T14:41:45Z")

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ok I have an XML

\</Book\>  
\<Book ISBN=“0743203178”\>  
\<title\>Nothing Like It In the World\</title\>  
\<author\>Stephen E. Ambrose\</author\>  
\</Book\>  
\</Books\>

and a dynamic textfield called textbg which works fine

The trace below returns a value, but when I apply it to the dynamic textfield it does not! 😮 why?

trace(xmlData.Book.(title==“Nothing Like It In the World”).author);  
}

textbg.text=(xmlData.Book.(title==“Nothing Like It In the World”).author);