In my xml file, I have for example, when loading the Alaska map:
<entity id='FI' color='000000'/>
But the county color never changes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Make sure of the internal ID that you are using. Try putting some value also to see if the value is shown on that entity.
<entity id='FI' color='ff0000' value='100'/>
Current Alaska map (FCMap_Alaska.swf) has internal ids roughly ranging from as numbers 013, 016...290.
Please refer to the map's specification in the Documentaion fto know the accurate internal id of the entity.