HTTPService URL from configuration file?

Hello,
I have a need/requirement to use some type of configuration file for my FLEX builds. Right now I manually build my FLEX app.
It would be nice to configure the URL for all HTTPService objects in an XML file, but I am unsure where that file would reside or what the XML structure should look like.
I have looked at Flashbuilder4 Bible book but it doesnt cover much.
Does anybody know of any good examples, tutorials, books, code links, demos, etc that show how to configure data access for a FLEX project?? Preferably in XML?
I am a little lost in this area and any help or direction is appreciated.
Thank you!

What I need is a way to rebuild my application to point to a different server. Easily.
I have solutioned this using an XML file.
I ended up doing something similar to this guy:
http://vatsalad.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/how-to-deploy-your-flex-app-to-different-servers- without-hardcoding-the-url/
I created a folder, outside of the "src" folder, called "settings". In it, there is an XML file, I named it "webserviceconfig.xml".
"webserviceconfig.xml" looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<webserviceconfig>
<url>http://subdomain.domain.com:8080/BusinessLayer/MyDataServiceWSDL.asmx/</url>
</webserviceconfig>
When my application initializes, it sets a FLEXGlobal variable to store my server URL, like so:
//set the dynamic server URL address, read XML settings file for server URL
FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.serverURL = webserviceconfig.url;
<fx:XML id="webserviceconfig" source="settings/webserviceconfig.xml" />
Now I am able to reference this all over my application:
myHTTPService.url = FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.serverURL + "myWebServiceNameHere";
Now my application server URL is configurable and I no longer need to hardcode that anywhere in my application, except my XML configuration file.
I am glad to finally get this monkey off my back.
Thank you for your help and consideration, Caludiu Ursica.

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