<?xml version="1.0"?>
<data>
     <PositionX x='0' />
     <PositionY y='-200' />
     <PositionZ z='0' />
     <ScalingX x='0.4' />
     <ScalingY y='0.4' />
     <ScalingZ z='0.4' />
     <CenterX x='0' /> 
     <CenterY y='0' /> 
     <CenterZ z='0' /> 
     <Radius x='1000' />
     <Speed x='200' />
     <Direction x='0' />
</data>

fileName.append(".xml");
IrrXMLReader* reader = createIrrXMLReader(fileName.c_str());

// parse the file until end reached
while(reader->read())
     {
     if (!strcmp("PositionX", reader->getNodeName()))
          posX = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("x");
     else
        if (!strcmp("ScalingX", reader->getNodeName()))
          scaleX = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("x");
     else
     if (!strcmp("CenterX", reader->getNodeName()))
             rotationCenterX = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("x");
     else
     if (!strcmp("PositionY", reader->getNodeName()))
          posY = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("y");
     else
     if (!strcmp("ScalingY", reader->getNodeName()))
          scaleY = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("y");
     else
     if (!strcmp("CenterY", reader->getNodeName()))
          rotationCenterY = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("y");
     else
     if (!strcmp("PositionZ", reader->getNodeName()))
             posZ = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("z");
     else
     if (!strcmp("ScalingZ", reader->getNodeName()))
          scaleZ = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("z");
     else
     if (!strcmp("CenterZ", reader->getNodeName()))
          rotationCenterZ = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("z");
     else
     if (!strcmp("Radius", reader->getNodeName()))
          radius = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("x");
     else
     if (!strcmp("Speed", reader->getNodeName()))
          speed = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("x");
     else
     if (!strcmp("Direction", reader->getNodeName()))
          direction = reader->getAttributeValueAsFloat("x");
     break;
     };

// delete the xml parser after usage
delete reader;