I think I found the answer to this...override DefaultDataDescriptor isBranch.
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com From: loudj...@hotmail.com Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:34:57 +0000 Subject: [flexcoders] Hiding Flex tree XML CDATA Is there a way to prevent CDATA from being displayed in a flex tree, so the 'team' node is represented as a leaf node and not a folder with a data structure like: <team label="Vancouver Canucks"> <![CDATA[[{"url":"image.png"}]]> </team> Thanks, Philip