title: AS3 Flash/Animate - Visual Graphs - data from XML or Excell
body: <p>I've used Flash for many years as a design platform. AS3 wise, I'm a beginner of about 10 years. I've designed various graphs in flash intended to be printed and filled out by hand. However, typically I complete the graphs by drawing in the data points and lines directly in Flash. Ignoring the fact that I'm using flash for a really ridiculous purpose, is it possible to plot the data point symbols, and linking lines using <code>XML</code> or even <code>Excel</code>? </p>
  
  <p>I have used <code>XML</code> to load external image files previously.</p>
  
  <p>Not looking for an easy fix, but if anyone could point me in the right direction please get in touch. </p>
  
  <p>Best regards, </p>
  
  <p>Rich</p>