# XML to Dynamic text box (with movieClips)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-to-dynamic-text-box-with-movieclips/177398>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 1, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-to-dynamic-text-box-with-movieclips/177398 "2006-02-01T17:10:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-to-dynamic-text-box-with-movieclips/177398/1 "2006-02-01T17:10:14Z")

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hey,  
i’ve been working on a project based on this tutorial:  
[http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/examples/searchbestof.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/examples/searchbestof.htm)

it’s an interactive/searchable bibliography.  
Search for an author, get a list of papers all writen by that author.  
dig it? that tutorial really got the ball rolling but now i’m stuck.

in this list of results, i want to add a button linking to a pdf.  
i’ve done projects in the past linking to pdfs via .exe/.bat files but never dynamically. i’ve learned how to add \<img src\> code to link to library movieClips, but i can’t figure out how to add functionality to said movieClips.

is there a tutorial, where i could learn how to have the XML file tell flash not only to add a specific movieClip, but how that movieClip behaves (ie - which pdf to link to).

i’m a bit in the dark.

thanks in advance.

-alex-