This bit of Actionscript 2 code will load an external xml file into your flashmovie. The processing of the xml should be done inside the onLoad event handler
var my_xml = new XML(); my_xml.ignoreWhite = true; // ignore whitespace between xmltags. my_xml.onLoad = function(success){ if (success){ trace(this); } } my_xml.load("my_xml.xml");
Now for a simple example of processing the xml data:
let's say this is what the xml document looks like:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <music> <tune> <title>Alive</title> <status>final</status> <image>/images/alive.jpg</image> <file>/sounds/Alive.mp3</file> </tune> <tune> <title>In love</title> <status>final</status> <image>/images/in_love.jpg</image> <file>/sounds/in_love.mp3</file> </tune> </music>
This is how you would reach the contents of the example's title tags in actionscript 2:
var my_xml = new XML(); my_xml.ignoreWhite =true; my_xml.onLoad = function(success){ if (success){ trace(this.firstChild.childNodes.length) for (var x in this.firstChild.childNodes){ trace(this.firstChild.childNodes[x].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue) } } } my_xml.load("music.xml");
I am trying to do this but the success variable always return false.
Does anyone know why this happen?
Thanks