xml load into flash but only show selected text

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XML File has 24 entries

button1
Heading
Content
URL to event

button2
Heading
Content
URL to Event
.
.
.
button24 ...

When button1 is selected loads just what is in button1
button2 loads button2 text and so on

Will a single xml file work this way depending on what button is selected OR do I need to create 24 separate files?

[SpitSpitSpitty]

A single XML file will work for this. Just set all the nodes you want with different names in the XML and have flash retrieve them and save them as variables or arrays. That way you can access them whenever you want once there loaded.

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var advent_calender_xml = new XML();

advent_calender_xml.onLoad = function(load_success) {
if (load_success)

{ trace(advent_calender_xml.firstChild);
}
}
advent_calender_xml.load('advent_calender.xml');


This is the error:
TypeError: Error #1006: value is not a function.at loader_xml_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()

[SpitSpitSpitty]

This is the AS I use to connect to an XML file:

// populates the text fields by callinging the functions
// "getValue" and "findNode", if it finds the xml document

function processXMLData (success) {
    if (success) {
        var rootNode = this.firstChild;

        // Text
        var text_1Node = findNode (rootNode, "text_1");
        _global.text_1_ = getValue (text_1Node);

        var text_2Node = findNode (rootNode, "text_2");
        _global.text_2_ = getValue (text_2Node);

        var text_3Node = findNode (rootNode, "text_3");
        _global.text_3_ = getValue (text_3Node);

        var text_4Node = findNode (rootNode, "text_4");
        _global.text_4_ = getValue (text_4Node);

    } else {
        trace ("No XML found");
    }
}

// functions that find and retrieve the data
function getValue (node) {
    if (node && node.firstChild) {
        return node.firstChild.nodeValue;
    }
    return "";
}

function findNode (node, nodeName) {
    if (node.nodeName == nodeName) {
        return node;
    }
    for (var i = 0; node.childNodes && i < node.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var foundNode = findNode (node.childNodes[i], nodeName);
        if (foundNode != null) {
            return foundNode;
        }
    }
    return null;
}

// this pulls in the XML doc and sets it = to xmlData
var xmlData = new XML ();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = processXMLData;
xmlData.load ("Name_Of_Your_XML_Document.xml");

The functions are used for finding data and removing the node names so they don't get pushed into the text fields as well. By setting the nodes equal to global variables you can access them from anywhere in the swf. You'll also want to use CDATA in your XML doc. It allows you to detail your text with HTML settings.

Hope this helps!