How to pull XML into Flash

[icklejez]

Okay, so I have a basic flash file with a button, when you hover over it, an object with dynamic text appears...

Now I want text from an XML file to be pulled from it into my dynamic text box...

this is what my code in my actionScript looks like so far...

function DisplayInfo()
{
var title = items.firstChild;
var items = channel_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
box.text1.text = title.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;

menu_md._visible = false;
box._visible = true;
box.text1.text = this.location_text;
}

button1.onRollOver = DisplayInfo;

box.closeButton.onRelease = function()
{
menu_md._visible = true;
box._visible = false;
box.text1.text =

Its this part I cant figure out...

{
    var title = items[i].firstChild;
    var items = channel_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
    box.text1.text = title.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;
   
    menu_md._visible = false;
    box._visible = true;
    box.text1.text = this.location_text;
}

My XML looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
    <title>
    Travel Warnings
    </title>
        <link>
        [url="http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html"]http://travel.state.gov/travel..._pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html[/url]
        </link>
            <description>
            TEXT HERE
            </description>
</channel>
</rss>

Anyone know how to simply grab the info in the description tags and whack it in my dynamic text field?

 

[Drakkon]

unfortunately because you have the xml and rss stating tags you have more than 1 firstChild to get through.
So going from your items XML var it looks like:

items.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue

if your familiar with XPATH you might want to look into using the XPATH class for flash:
http://www.xfactorstudio.com/ (a very robust implementation)

http://www.flash-mx.com/faq/xp...pi.selectnodelist.html (the Flash embedded implementation if you are using MX 2004 pro+)

 

[icklejez]

Hmmm, okay then, several different tags to penetrate...

Still confused as to what I must declare against what, would it be:?

function DisplayInfo()

{
var title = items.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue

var items = channel_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;

box.text1.text = title

menu_md._visible = false;
box._visible = true;
box.text1.text = this.location_text;
}

 

[Drakkon]

well what is the variable the XML is being loaded into?
i.e.

var myXML:XML = new XML();
var link:String = "";
var title:String = "";
var description :String = "";
var channel:XMLNode;
myXML.onload = function(success) {
if(success) {
channel = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
description = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
link = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
title = myXML.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
}
myXML.load('file.xml');