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[F5] (AS1) XML Structure?
Hey people!

I'm pretty new with dealing with xml, so there might be a really easy solution, but I can't seem to be able to find it. The thing is - I have a flash file which structures data from this xml:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<real>
<rt o="order.vsp?itemId=10498&mode=RT" t="Jul+i+Skomakergata" p="Henki+Kolstad"

s="http://cpgw.paragallo.com/cpgw/getPreview.aspx?cguid=AC50AE5FD7E14C7FBE35E99CFA7BE9CB"/>
<rt o="order.vsp?itemId=1067624&mode=RT" t="Beggin" p="Madcon" s="/static/drm/bonnier/Madco-Begg-15089_real220k.mp3"/>
<rt o="order.vsp?itemId=58054&mode=RT" t="En+stjerne+skinner+i+natt" p="Oslo+Gospel+Choir" s="http://cpgw.paragallo.com/cpgw/getPreview.aspx?cguid=A45BFC7B67E040F7AA842B17B1F7D2F9"/>
<rt o="order.vsp?itemId=1009512&mode=RT" t="Apologize" p="Timbaland+ft.+Onere..."

s="http://medias.digiplug.net/medias/mp/10/web_mp3_32kbs_22khz_m/m763210.mp3"/>
<rt o="order.vsp?itemId=127898&mode=RT" t="Jingle+Bells" p="Christmas+%28Sinatra%29"

s="/static/aspiro/ringtone/real/prev/10420.mp3"/>
<rt o="order.vsp?itemId=189010&mode=RT" t="ALL+I+WANT+FOR+CHRISTMAS+IS+YO+..." p="Mariah+Carey"

s="/static/drm/sonybmg/partnersaspiroaudiomp3_prw/MariahCarey_AllIWantForChristmasIsYou.mp3"/>
<rt o="order.vsp?itemId=9631&mode=RT" t="Last+Christmas" p="George+Michael%2F+Wha..."

s="/static/drm/Wham!_LastChristmas.mp3"/>
</real>
<wmedia>
<ft o="order.vsp?itemId=10498&mode=RT" t="song" p="ft1"

s="http://cpgw.paragallo.com/cpgw/getPreview.aspx?cguid=AC50AE5FD7E14C7FBE35E99CFA7BE9CB"/>
<ft o="order.vsp?itemId=1067624&mode=RT" t="Beggin" p="ft2" s="/static/drm/bonnier/Madco-Begg-15089_real220k.mp3"/>
<ft o="order.vsp?itemId=58054&mode=RT" t="En+stjerne+skinner+i+natt" ft3"

s="http://cpgw.paragallo.com/cpgw/getPreview.aspx?cguid=A45BFC7B67E040F7AA842B17B1F7D2F9"/>
<ft o="order.vsp?itemId=1009512&mode=RT" t="Apologize" p="ft4"

s="http://medias.digiplug.net/medias/mp/10/web_mp3_32kbs_22khz_m/m763210.mp3"/>
<ft o="order.vsp?itemId=127898&mode=RT" t="Jingle+Bells" p="Christmas+%28Sinatra%29"

s="/static/aspiro/ringtone/real/prev/10420.mp3"/>
<ft o="order.vsp?itemId=189010&mode=RT" t="ALL+I+WANT+FOR+CHRISTMAS+IS+YO+..." p="Mariah+Carey"

s="/static/drm/sonybmg/partnersaspiroaudiomp3_prw/MariahCarey_AllIWantForChristmasIsYou.mp3"/>
<ft o="order.vsp?itemId=9631&mode=RT" t="Last+Christmas" p="George+Michael%2F+Wha..."

s="/static/drm/Wham!_LastChristmas.mp3"/>
</wmedia>
And I'm able to call the real tags, using just:
Code:
baseXML.firstChild.childNodes[m].attributes.t;
So if I do that it works with the REAL content...

but when i try to call the wmedia tags with
Code:
baseXML.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[m].attributes.t;
it doesnt work. See faulty code here:

Code:
function wmedia() {
for (m=0; m<4; m++) {
k=m%5;
//if (_root["item"+i] == undefined) {
cl = _root.attachMovie("item", "item"+m, m);
//}
cl.t = baseXML.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[m].attributes.t;
cl.p = baseXML.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[m].attributes.p;
cl.s = baseXML.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[m].attributes.s;
cl.o = baseXML.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[m].attributes.o;
//cl.artist.text = (i+1)+". "+unescape(cl.p.convert().substr(0,10)).toUpperCase()+".. - "+unescape(cl.t.convert()).toUpperCase();
cl.artist.text = (m+1)+". "+unescape(cl.p.convert().substr(0,10)).toUpperCase()+".. - "+unescape(cl.t.convert()).toUpperCase();
cl.n = m;
cl._y = 152+23*k;
cl._x = 8;
}
}

clip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
clip.loadMovie("http://www.kenobi.se/flash/xmlproxy.swf");
What am I doing wrong? Thankful for any help

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This is all I've been able to come up with myself, but I'm really, REALLY new to Object-Oriented Programming, so I'm not quite sure where to go from here. I have a lot of trouble knowing what functions or variables should go in which class...

The main things I'm missing is how to store which nodes are linked to a particular node. I'm also not sure how to manipulate specific nodes if I'm only creating instances of them within a Shape instance.

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Hey
Is there someone who could tell me how to call this xml data from flash.
I usually use this:

Code:
<resources>
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<item name="" description="" pic="" visit=""/>
<item name="" description="" pic="" visit=""/>
<item name="" description="" pic="" visit=""/>
<item name="" description="" pic="" visit=""/>
<item name="" description="" pic="" visit=""/>
...
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but I'd like to create something like this:

Code:
<resources>
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<item name="" description="" pic="" visit=""/>
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<fora>
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How do I format the structure of xml

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<root>
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<body>body text</body>
</news>
</root>

//code
var news_xml:XML = new XML();
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//
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var titleNode:XMLNode = news_xml.createElement("title");
var bodyNode:XMLNode = news_xml.createElement("body");
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newsNode.appendChild(titleNode);
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bodyNode.appendChild(bodyText);
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Here is my XML:
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-retreat-
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statuslist = lotvars.firstChild.childNodes;
sizelist = lotvars.firstChild.childNodes;
pricelist = lotvars.firstChild.childNodes;

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trace ("statuslist [0].fc.fc.nv: "+statuslist [0].firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue);
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Q. Got a movie with a few layers in Scene 1. Staggered like so:

NAVA NAVA
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Hi

Ive just read sam's teach yourself flash in 24 hours, thats the only knowledge of flash i have so far. Its introduced me to the concepts, but now ive finished the book and want to sit down and make a website i have no idea how to set it up?

I want a menu with options to goto different part of the website, but i have no idea how to achieve this. Do i make one big timeline and label the starting frame of each new page of the website and then 'goto' it when a button is pressed? Or do i put each page in a new scene and goto the scene when a button is pressed? Or do i even make different swf's for each page and link them together?

Thanks in advance
john

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Hi,

i'm just starting to get my head around OOP and AS2.0. I want to create a number of classes and sub classes, where the methods might vary from project to project. Now what I don't know is do I just lump all the varying methods into the classes as I do them in each project, or is their a way that the classes can pull in what methods they need dynamically, or I am getting this OOP business all wrong?!?

thanks for any advice.

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I'm looking for a way to reference movie clips in a directory that is not a child of the flash root directory.

I have the SWF file in a "SWF" folder which is on the server root. Then also on the server root is an "images" folder. I'm calling the loadMovie() procedure to load images, but want to be able to load images from the "images" folder.

I can't just specify a relative path, as the swf defaults the root directory to the directory the file is located. I attempted the old Unix trick of setting the path to "../Images" but flash doesn't like that. Right now the only options is to set the path as an absolute, using the full "Http://" address, but that means I'd have to go back and change every single instance when I transfer the project over to the main server.

anyone know how to do this?

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I have had no luck in finding a tutorial, forum thread, or even book, that explains how to structure the class "skeleton" when creating an RIA. I want to create a website that is a 100% Flash enviroment. As I create each part of the site, i.e. navigation, php interaction, content format..., I find that I am going back and editing several class files, dropping functionality from them that I am covering with a new class. I am sure that there is some standard structure for class files in a full-Flash site, and I'm just not aware of it. I don't need a full tutorial on every detail, just a basic class structure. I am just tired of writing overlapping code. Also, seeing some structure examples would help me figure out the order of events I need to follow when I initialize the movie.

Oh, and maybe a basic structure for the base .fla also. There is a standard structure for writing class files, why can't I find one for writing a basic Flash website?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am sure there are plenty of techniques better than the one I am using that would save me lots or rewriting code.
Thanks.

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Less of a question but more of an inquirey, would anyone have a good clue how a site like this. http://www.trevorjackson.org was put together.

In terms of site structure and the way it loads so quickly, was the timeline broken up with external loading movie clips etc.

appreciate any thoughts

Cheers

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Hi, I'm starting to get familiar with AS3 elements, but I'm stuck when it comes to building a code structure for my game.

In a game consisting of a game menu (with settings, high scores etc.) and the actual game with several levels, where the menu is written in one class or one package, and the game itself in one or several others, what's a good way to jump between the menus and the game, and between the levels etc.? In AS2, I used one set of frames for the menu, and one for the game. I don't want to use the frames like that any more.

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Hello everyone and Happy new year!!

Im not that new to flash but im not that experienced either.

Im currently designing a website that will host photographs in Flash.

i was wondering what would be the best way to develop the site? how should i structure the site??

im not sure which is the best way, because in the "work" page there is a number o different external slideshows i will be showing.

below is the site map of what im trying to achieve.

has anyone done anything like this before that can give me any advise please?

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I'm making a flash app which is basically just a menu (main screen). When you select a button, a new sub-menu should show up.

What I'm wondering is, what's the best structure for setting something like this up?

Should I have a movieHolder and load each menu in as required?

Also, I'm trying to think of a good intro & outro for each menu. Does anyone have any cool examples that might inspire me?

As of right now I'll probably just go with a simple fade-in + fade-out.

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Hi guys, I'm creating a demo CD but have got a little stuck. I have some self contained flash applications and they need to be put onto a cd.

I want to autorun the cd, so a menu screen comes up where you can select which application you want to run.

However i can't think how to do it. I can't really load each application into a main one as a lot will need changing in each application to get them to work with regards to scoping issues.

Does anyone have any ideas about the best way to do this?

Could i run the main menu at startup, then when you select an application that application starts up and the other one closes?

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Hi
I am planning to make a map of building(s) which have cubicles, conference rooms and other rooms etc
I will have facitility for search like say name of the person and then it will show which section of the building the person is sitting bu going to the database and showing the correspdonging section of the building in red in the map and clicking on it will zoom it and show the location of the person (Visual Search)
What would be the best way to implement it
I want to make it for the browser
Can it be done in PHP?
How best the drawings can be made? nothing fancy( 2D will do), but it should be clear and resemble the original building structure

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So how about something like: http://www.lanalandis.com/ or even the creators at: http://www.24-7media.de/ and anything in their portfolio.

The creativity in the actual art direction and design are the overwhelming value of such a company.

What I'm wondering, is how are so many large graphics that are used as movie clips and such loaded so quickly?

What are the high-level conceptual/structural ideas of such sites? Runtime shared libraries? Cached bitmaps?

I've never really seen a good thread or article about the basic structure that so many studios like above or 2advanced.com, juxtinteractive and such places use. Surely there are techniques that all the 'big' guys use that aren't proprietary...it's just efficient and proper use of techniques in Flash.

Anyone have a 'formula' that is put into play regardless of what design contributes or demads?

Like, "I always plan to preload the two most important sections of a site first and then offer preloaders for the other sections. And I always use bitmap as cache and shared libraries for.." etc.

Just wondering about the conceptual approach to structure that should/could exist regardless to the level of complexity.

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Some time ago I started to build kind of framework (basicly containing usefull assets) and I wanna ask you about package naiming practices.
Let's say I am building some kind of player Player with own events and states.

First solution would be to put all classes in the same package
com.domain.video
---MyPlayer
---MyPlayerState
---MyPlayerEvents

The main disadvantage in this case for me it that MyPlayer class is in one package with 'helper' classes.

Secound aproach would be to split classes by 'type' and put them do diffrent packages.
com.domain.video
---MyPlayer
com.domain.consts
---MyPlayerState
com.domain.events
---MyPlayerEvents

I know it just metter of preferences. I just wanna know what do you think about secound aproach and how you deal with packages structure. Examples would be nice.

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Hi all,

Im unsure how to go about building a website in as3. I want to create a full screen flash portfolio type project. In the background I have an actionscript coded color background that shifts color and is quite processor intensive so I dont want to be reloading this every page. On one page I have a photo slideshow, another an about me page, another a blog.

Is the best way to create the background and navigation, then addChild(about me class), then to go to another page removeChild(about me class) & addChild(slideshow)? Or should I be loading swf's into a container?

Or should I use keyframes similar to this flash8 tutorial and set up my global variables, xml, css, first???
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/best_structure_flash_site.htm

Please help.

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I have to create a client using socket, the server send data with differents C structure.
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Possible To Pass A Structure From AS3 To CF8?
I'm trying to pass a structure to a ColdFusion component from Flash but it keeps failing with this error:

"Unknown object type tag (17)"

Here's my AS. I've tried using Array, Object, and Dictionary as types:

ActionScript Code:
loadData_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, loadData)

var myService = new NetConnection()
myService.connect("http://localhost/flashservices/gateway/")

function loadData(evt:MouseEvent){
var responder = new Responder(getTest_Result, onFault);
var mystruct:Array = new Array();
mystruct["mystring"] = "hello";
myService.call("com.mycomponent.test", responder, mystruct);
}

function getTest_Result(result){
trace("success: "+ result);
}

function onFault( f){
trace("There was a problem: " + f.description);
}

...and here's my component function (I've tried with an argument type of 'struct' as well as 'any':

Code:
<cffunction name="test" output="no" access="remote" returntype="string" >
<cfargument name="argstruct" type="any" required="yes" />
<cfset mystr =arguments.argstruct["mystring"]>
<cfreturn mystr />
</cffunction>
I was successful in sending and returning a string as a test to ensure that the apps were set up correctly. It's only when I try to pass a struct that I get an error.

Thanks in advance for any help,
Glenn

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ok then... i´ve been looking for an easy-ish way to do this...

what i need to do, is to somehow find out if the STRUCTURE of an XML object matches that of another...

there are plenty of methods to match to CONTENTS of an XML but for the STRUCTURE itself i can´t find anything...

can anybode point me in a way to do this effeciently?

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hi, im learning as3 at the moment and have made 2 or 3 websites so far
i need some clarification

im using different SWF's for different pages
eg , HOME, FAQ and contact us

the scripting is done on the main parent movie and then the external SWFs loaded once the corresponding button is clicked

is this the best way to go about structuring a website or is there a better way? id really like to get straight into the best possible way so if anyone has any input about their experiences, this would be greatly appreciated and would clear the headache

in fact any advice given on this matter would definitely help

thanks

//brother in need

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Hey people,

I'm tracking down bugs and have the following problem :
the user can get to a page with scrollable text by two different ways, an index screen and by the menu. Both do the same (they call a function with a switch statement. of course, the same case).

What happens is that when selected by the menu, the .maxscroll value is 1, which is supposed to be 7. If I select the page again once loaded already, I get my maxscroll of 7.

From the switch statement I call another function :
ActionScript Code:
function RapportSelection(rapSel) {
if (_root.mainDummy.rapportClip.Cover._currentframe == 1) {
_root.mainDummy.rapportOpen.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
_root.mainDummy.rapportClip.Cover.Page.gotoAndPlay(rapSel);
}
You see, if the book is closed (frame 1), it should open the cover (frame 2 onwards). The page is to be selected anyway, which it does nicely, but without my scrollbar (it checks if the maxscroll is bigger than 1, if not, I don't want a scrollbar).

Once the book is opened, I have the following piece of code on my frame :

ActionScript Code:
if (_root.mainDummy.rapportClip.Cover.Page._currentframe == 1) {
_root.SelectPage(2);
//this is the function with the switch case, case 2 is 'loading the index swf'
}

Which is what goes wrong, me thinks. Because, if the book is already open, this part no longer happens.

I don't really see how this is affecting the .maxscroll value of the text. Any help will be much appreciated ! I'm using Flash MX (u know, 6).

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