# XML Menu calling in text from xml file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-calling-in-text-from-xml-file/193150>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 4, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-calling-in-text-from-xml-file/193150 "2006-07-04T19:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pixelcache](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/pixelcache/32/2494_2.png) [@Pixelcache](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pixelcache)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-menu-calling-in-text-from-xml-file/193150/1 "2006-07-04T19:05:54Z")

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I downloaded a xml menu here from the [Best of Kirupa forum](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=12). I am trying to get a dynamic textfield on the stage to retrieve information from the desc attribute of the xml file and display it in the dynamic textfield. I can’t get anything to show up in the textfield. I would appreciate any help that anyone could give. At this point I’m about ready to go nuts.

Here is the [the link](http://www.pixelcache.com/xmlMenu.zip) for the menu