Ericd.net has tutorial up that describes a way to import your tag cloud into a Flash using MX 2004 Professional and the XML object. He uses an external ASP page to load a personal TagCloud (tag based RSS aggregator site) RSS feed. The ActionScript in the Flash project creates an XML object that is loaded with the ASP loaded RSS. This is then parsed and dynamically formatted into a text box inside the Flash Project.

This project could also be accomplished using the XMLConnector component that is bundled with the default install of Flash MX 2004 Professional. This would allow the developer to pass multiple RSS calls to the TagCloud feed, but might slow down the project. Maybe another version of this could also be built for the non-coder out there. Have the HTML of the page the Flash Project is on include a reference to where the feed you want to call is located or even just a reference to the TagCloud username and either create the feed link using ActionScript in a distributed SWF. Or, pass the username to the ASP feed reader (if the component isn’t used) and have the ASP grab the feed based on username.