Is Good Stuff

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<countries>
  <settings alpha="100">-</settings>	
  <country data="MY">Malaysia</country> 
  <country data="SG">Singapore</country> 
  <country data="EG">Egpyt</country> 
  <country data="TH">Thailand</country> 
  <country data="PH">Philippines</country>
  <country data="IN">Indonesia</country> 
  <country data="BN">Brunei</country> 
  <country data="CN">China</country> 
  <country data="US">USA</country> 
</countries>

package{
	import flash.display.*;
	import flash.events.*;
	import flash.text.*;
	import fl.controls.List;
	import fl.events.ListEvent;
	import flash.net.*;
	import fl.data.DataProvider;
	import flash.text.TextField;
 
	public class listboxClass extends MovieClip{
		public var MylistBox:List = new List();
		public var XmlFile:String = "dataxml.xml";
		public var mainXML:XML;
		public var CountryArray = new Array;
		public var xmlLoader:URLLoader;
		public var dp:DataProvider = new DataProvider();
		public var tf:TextField = new TextField();
 
 
		public function listboxClass(){
			//We start by adding a Listbox component on the stage.
			MylistBox.x = 5;
			MylistBox.y = 30;
			MylistBox.width = 230;
			MylistBox.height = 158;
			addChild(MylistBox);
			//Place an Indicator;
			MylistBox.addItem({label:"Loading Data...", data:""});
			//Add a textfield to retrieve status and value of listbox
			tf.width = 220;
			tf.height = 22;
			tf.x = 8;
			tf.y = 230;
			tf.border = true;
			addChild(tf);
 
			LoadXML();
		}
 
		public function LoadXML(){
			//Stage 2: Loading the XML location;
			xmlLoader = new URLLoader();
			xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
			xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(XmlFile));
		}
 
		private function onComplete(event:Event){
			//Stage 3: Once loaded to memory - extract info.
			MylistBox.removeAll();
			try{
				mainXML = new XML(xmlLoader.data)
				//Country List is a List to Array based on Scheme tag <country>
				var CountryList:XMLList = new XMLList(mainXML.country);
				for(var i:int=0;i<CountryList.length();i++){
					dp.addItem({label: CountryList[i], data: CountryList[i].@data});
				}
 
				//After we got all the data, assign the array to List. Notice every  
				//component in Flash has an unique event Listener.
				//You will get an error if you use generic event listener for component
				MylistBox.dataProvider = dp;
				MylistBox.addEventListener(ListEvent.ITEM_CLICK,triggerDisplayData);
 
				//You can also directly point to a tag and access attributes.
				trace(mainXML.settings.@alpha);
 
				//Now that you know the alpha value of the xml. You can apply to our ListBox
				MylistBox.alpha = mainXML.settings.@alpha;
			}catch(e:Error){
				trace("Error: " + e.message)
				return;
			}
		}
 
		private function triggerDisplayData(evt:ListEvent):void{
			trace(evt.item.data);
			tf.text = evt.item.data;
		}
	}
}

public function LoadXML(){
	//Stage 2: Loading the XML location;
	xmlLoader = new URLLoader();
	xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
	xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(XmlFile + "?" + Math.random()));
}