New to Flash Builder / Basic Syntax Qestion

I am a seasoned PHP/MySQL programmer that recently has moved over to Flash (about a week ago), more specifically Flash Builder. My Question is after calling data from an external xml file, how can you take the event handler value and store it into a usuable number variable (the xml values are numbers). I have a function and would like to use the retrieved value throughout the document and not just bind it to one location.
protected function retrieveData(event:FlexEvent):void
     getDataResult.token = your_file.getData();
<fx:Declararations>
     <s:CallResponder id="getDataResult"/>
     <your_file:Your_file id="your_file"
                    fault="Alert.show(event.fault.faultString + '\n' + event.fault.faultDetail)"
                    showBusyCursor="true"/>
     </fx:Declarations>
I have tried various methods unsecessfully to store the value in a usuable number vairable with no success. It will eventuall go in the following among other places
timeline.append( TweenLite.to(meter_fill, .8, {y:"-290"}));

What option do I select for “Application Type.” Web or Desktop? During the project I will have to test so does this matter?
It looks like you are using an older version of Flash Builder. The new version (4.7) allows you build a "ActionScript Mobile Air" project.
I'd recommend updating to get all the latest mobile upgrades.

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