Making a basic map in xml to test

I've had a bit of luck today and found this short tutorial, which though I can't use most of it, the Mappy software and xml lua script seem very useful for this project - a free level editor which exports to xml? Perfect!

So now I've downloaded it tested it with my basic two tile tilesheet and modified the xml exporting script so that it exports by column instead of rows (which was a remarkably simple change!), I think I'll be able to use this as my level editor for the project, reducing the time needed for putting the tiles together/making my own level editor.

Now I need to get flash to read it as I want it.. the tutorial isn't really suitable since he is using only a static screen and I need to get my information at a specific part of the map at any one time, our aims are quite different, and so will the code need to be! I may also possibly need to edit the xml script further so it includes the column number but I'm not sure if that will be necessary - can probably do that part in flash!

Lots to think about..