function loadXML(loaded) { if (loaded) { _root.month = Number(this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue); _root.total = this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue; txt.text = "Audits Run This Month: "+myMonthNum; txt2.text = "Audits Run Total: "+_root.total; } else { trace("file not loaded!"); } var myMonthNum = Number(_root.month); } xmlData = new XML(); xmlData.ignoreWhite = true; xmlData.onLoad = loadXML; xmlData.load("data.xml");