# XML or urlencoded?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-or-urlencoded/233799>\
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**Created:** [July 27, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-or-urlencoded/233799 "2007-07-27T00:52:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![fido\_glc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@fido\_glc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fido_glc)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-or-urlencoded/233799/1 "2007-07-27T00:52:51Z")

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I am working on a project and I need to load several text files into flash. I have heard that XML is very good for this so I have started a tutorial about XML in Flash. I am very surprised on how BADLY XML and Flash comunicate. From all that I have read so far I’ve seen that XML has a larger filesize, it takes flash more time to get the data and it is much more complicated than using simple text files. I see that text files are much better than XML. So what is the point in using XML in flash ? Is the fact that XML has arranged text worth that much complication ?  
About my project, I mill make an admin for it that would automatically write and update the text files so there is no point in the text being arranged. So is it ok if I simple use urlencoded instead of XML ?