xml and flash

[richardko]

Hi,
I have never done any extensive looking into flash and I was hoping someone would guide me to a tutorial where I can create a flash animation like this site(at the top of the page):

http://www.newark.com/

Would it be possible to use xml data to make the content dynamic?
Thanks
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[oldnewbie]

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/xmldataflash.htm

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[richardko]

Thanks for the reply.
I am not sure how the global variables function but my test to create an array fails. Any idea how to edit so that the "arr" is not empty. The xml file is after the code

_global.arr = new Array();
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("xml.xml");
trace(_global.arr);

function loadXML(loaded) {

if (loaded) {	
var person:Array = xmlData.firstChild.childNodes;
for (var i:Number = 0; i < person.length; i++) {
	var node:XMLNode = person[i];
	//arr.push(node.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue);	
	_global.arr[i] = node.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;		
}
} else {
  trace("file not loaded!");
}
}

The xml file is here:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<inventors>
	<person>
		<name>Thomas Edison</name>
		<comment>Inventor of many things such as the incandescent lightbulb.</comment>
		<picture>picture2.jpg</picture>
	</person>
	<person>
		<name>Doug Engelbart</name>
		<comment>Invented the mouse at the Stanford Research Institute</comment>
		<picture>picture3.jpg</picture>	
	</person>
</inventors>