I am thinking of creating an online application using an XML file as it's
primary data source. The XML file on the web server will be refreshed via FTP a
few times a week.

Will users get the latest version of the XML file each time they visit the
page, or will they use what is already in their cache?

I want to make sure that they get the latest version each time. Is there a way
I can do that?

Thanks
Mathias

here is another option that i know works.. the only problem is i dont really
know how to implement it.. so if someone can tell me that you would help 2
people at once.. when you call the xml file you can give it a random number
(usually the time and date) after the file name so each time the person loads
the flash file they will load a fresh version of the xml file. the code to do
this is

myXml.load("somefile.xml?nocache=" + newDate().getTime());

that is the code if you are using actionscript, i am hopeing someone can show
me how to use this trick using the xmlconnector data component because i am not
that good with actionscript and the data components make is sooooo much easier
for us designers..

can this be used in conjunction with the xml connector component? do i just
type that in on the same frame that i put the xml connector and just leave the
URL field in the property inspector blank.. sorry for all the ?'s .. i just was
curious were to insert the code..

The following worked for me

// load XML
//a random number at the end of the URL to prevent caching:
var dynamicURL:String = "http://wsp709226/menu1.xml?noCache=" + ( new
Date().getTime() );
menu_xml.load(dynamicURL);