AS3 XML Flexibility For Text

[icu222much]

I am planning to create a Flash website where I will be modifying the text content fairly frequent. I was told that I should be using XML to write my text as it would be easier to modify. I have never used XML before but before I commit myself to learning it I am wondering how flexible is it in Flash? For example, will I be able to have several external XML document (one for each of my Flash pages), and will I have full control of the colour, font, text position... and so forth?

[a_modified_dog]

pretty much YES to all of the above

make sure to lookup CDATA while you are learning.

CDATA gives you the ability to pass a set of limited html tags to the xml parser, including
asfunction (which creates text links, these links run functions in the movie)

a simple example would be ( AS2 syntax, no AS3 here )
XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<aNode> 
<![CDATA[<P ALIGN='CENTER'><B><FONT color='#FF0000'> 
<a href='asfunction:myFunc,rocket.jpg'>RED ROCKET</a> 
</FONT></B></P>]]> 
</aNode>

FLASH

_xml = new XML(); 
_xml.ignoreWhite = true; 
_xml.load("cdata.xml"); 

_xml.onLoad = function(){ 
showTxt.html = true; 
showTxt.htmlText = this.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue; 
}; 

function myFunc(param){ 
trace(param); 
};

[icu222much]

Thank you a_modified_dog. I will look into that