Fraser Crosbie – Calgary Flash & Flex Developer

A few posts ago, I showed you how to build a basic menu using an Array of button names. Now, I will demonstrate how to build the same menu, but this time use the new XML class which is based on E4X. There are many benefits of using XML in your applications. The main reason being that it allows you to update your application instantly without having to open up Flash to republish it. XML also allows your application to be easily updated from a server side page that generates XML output. This opens up the possibility of using a CMS to modify your application, thus enabling your clients to make updates on their own. Almost every project I develop uses XML.

And now for the code:

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