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whats up with XML

I have been trying to grasp XML and i cant quite wrap my mind around it. I want to create an image gallery through flash w/ dynamic images. All of the tutorials implement XML, but why? is there no way to simply load each image that is in a folder. Thus to add images one simply adds images to the folder. With XML it looks like you must write out all of the image names with appropriate tags. To then add an image you would have to place this image in the folder and then write the new elements into the XML doc.

I have not seen how XML is useful, unless this is the only way to load the list of images. It seems very time consuming, also are XML docs usually hand written or can they be automatically generated?

anyways, it seems like its usefulness is just a little over my head.
Aug 18 '07 #1
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jkmyoung
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I suggest asking this in the Flash forum with appropriate title so it doesn't get moved back to this forum. There may be some reason why Flash does not get filenames directly from a folder, eg permissions or security. It sounds like it should be possible.
Aug 20 '07 #2

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