Flash :: XML Online Reading Problems

Reading Of Array Items Works Until Online
I have a pre-loader code that loads all of my exteranl XML text files. When I click on a link several frames later, the appropriate file is pulled from the resulting Array and placed on the stage. It works perfectly offline, but as soon as I upload it I get random text files loaded instead of the correct one. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Code below:

//combine all the arrays into one and send it to the preloader
allText = new Array().concat(introText,textForCard1,textForCard2 ,textForCard3,
textForCard4,textForCard5,textForCard6);
textForContent = allText;

//text preloader starts here
var counter:Number = textForContent.length, ii:Number = 0;
for (var i:Number = 0; i<counter; i++) {
xmlToLoad = textForContent[i];
this["xmlData"+i] = new XML();
this["xmlData"+i].load(xmlToLoad);
// Check if data loaded
this["xmlData"+i].onData = function(src:String) {
if (src != "undefined") {
AfterData(src, num);
}
};
}
AfterData = function (src:String) {
++ii;
if (ii<counter) {
_level0["xmlToDisplay"+ii] = src;
} else {
_global._level0["xmlToDisplay"+ii] = src;

//stop();
play();
}
};

//hard coded line sends #2 in this case to function that places text on stage
textForStage = _level0.xmlToDisplay2;

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Reading From A .dat
Ok, I know quite a bit of c++. But I am a little iffy when it comes to action script. Even though it is basically the same, I would like some help. If someone could please change this c++ code to action script and tell me how to integrate it into a flash movie which is used as a webpage interface, that would be great. I am doing this so when i want to upgrade my webpage, all i will have to do is update the .dat file. The first line in the .dat will be a number, which is the number of lines in that file.

Code:
//C++ file to be changed to actionscript
#include "fstream.h" //the include files are usually enclosed in chevrons but cannot be displayed in the forum
#include "apstring.cpp" //may need to be changed for flash variables
#include "conio.h"
#include "iomanip.h"

ifstream infile; //global initialization of the class to read from external files. 'infile >>' can
//now be used to save a template (int, double, char, string) to a variable

void main()
{
infile.open("http://url.com/datfile.dat"); //opens the url to the .dat file
int x, y = 0;
infile >> x; //reads the number
apstring line[x]; //creates an array of the variable 'line' which has the number of lines in the .dat file
while(!infile.eof()) //a while loop, reads from the .dat until it comes to the eof (end of the file)
{
getline(infile, line[y]); //reads from the .dat and saves the entire line (carriage returns and other ascii included) in the variable line[y]
cout << line[y] << endl; //outputs the variable, i have no idea how to do this in flash!! (i seriously dont)
y++;
}
}
That is a very short version of the program I would like to write in flash. It would print it out into a text box with a scroll bar so I wont have to limit its length. I would really appreciate someone helping me convert this into action script, and also how to integrate this into the frames. Thank you.

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Reading URL
Hi all

I need to read the URL tha"ts in de address line of the browser into a Action script Var.
When I try to use _url it read the location url of the swf file. Not the data that is shown in de address line.
How can I get the htm url into an actionscript var.

Thank you for reading ....
Regards
Frank Schrauwen

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Reading On A Mac
selemat pagi

ok so i make a project for mac and an exe for PC then by some weird cause of events i burn the files to cd put it in another mac and it wont read the projector ? what's the go,
also if i try to open it in Flashplayer it wont work either.

a friend of mine viped it in a hqx file and if you unzip it, it reads it fine.

can anyone help

P.S. isn't Malaysia beautiful ?

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hallo. I read a text from a .txt file, but it writes """ in swf and not """ as in .txt
what is the problem there?

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Hi,

Is it somehow possible for AS to read the current url address in the browser and then do an action?

Imagine I have a navigation bar on flashkit.com. Th nav bar is the same on flashkit.com/index.html, flashkit.com/forum.html, flashkit.com/contact.html, etc. I would like, in the nav bar, AS to perform an action if the visitor is on flashkit.com/index.html, another action if he is on flashkit.com/forum.html, etc.

Is this possible?

Thanks,

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how could i read this variable in to a flash
script

movie.swf?variable=1&variable2=2

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Reading Through XML
Ok, so I have an outside XML file that has been parsed in, and the raw data given to a class. The challenge now is to search through the XML data and for each <menu> tag create a menu object (numbered menu1, menu2, menu3 .....menun). For each <menu> tag, there is an option for it to have a submenu named <menu_option> which in turn can have its own <menu> etc etc etc.

Here is my XML code for reference:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<root_menu>

<menu name = "main">

<menu_option name = "Announcements">
<link>announcemnts.html</link>
</menu_option>

<menu_option name = "Training">
<menu name = "training">
<menu_option name = "Review">
<link>review.html</link>
</menu_option>
<menu_option name = "Modification">
<link>mod.html</link>
</menu_option>
</menu>
</menu_option>

<menu_option name = "Knowledge">
<menu name = "knowledge">
<menu_option name = "Department">
<link>dep.html</link>
</menu_option>
<menu_option name = "Office Policies">
<link>policies.html</link>
</menu_option>
</menu>
</menu_option>

<menu_option name = "Forums">
<link>forums.html</link>
</menu_option>

<menu_option name = "Log Out">
<link>logout.html</link>
</menu_option>

</menu>

</root_menu>
And what I need help on is how to set up the freaking searches (the XML will be able to change, but the actionscript should be able to stay put). My idea was to make methods that look to see if there is a "submenu" and return a boolean, but I still can't figure out the looping part for creating menu objects. Here is what I have so far on the class:

Code:
package{

public class CNetMenu
{

private var xmlStream:XML;

public function CNetMenu(raw_data:Object)
{
xmlStream = new XML(raw_data.target.data);
trace("done");

var counter:int = 0;
var tag:XML = <menu></menu>;
var tag_option:XML = <menu_option></menu_option>

//My Futile attempt at a For search through the data...
//for each (tag in xmlStream)
//{
//var menu:Object = new Object();
//menu.name = "menu" + counter;
//trace(counter);

//for each (tag_option in xmlStream)
//{

//}

//}
}//end function

public function subYN(menu:XML):Boolean//says if there is a submenu or not
{
if(menu.descendants.(hasOwnProperty("menu")) || menu.descendants.(hasOwnProperty("menu_option")))
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}//end function

}//end class
}
Thanks for any ideas or actual code help!

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heya i made a flash file and when i look at the swf's on my machine it looks fine. but my client can't see the file on their machine, which is a mac..

has anyone dealt with this before??

could the problem be that it is published for flash player 6?

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Hello.
I'm trying to retrieve information from a XML created inside a PHP file, with AS3. Seeking in Flash's Help, I found this code:

var externalXML:XML;
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("file.xml");
loader.load(request);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);

function onComplete(event:Event):void
{
var loader:URLLoader = event.target as URLLoader;
if (loader != null)
{
externalXML = new XML(loader.data);

trace(externalXML.toXMLString());
}
else
{
trace("loader is not a URLLoader!");
}
}

It works when using an actual XML file, but when I replace it with a PHP file that internally creates an XML, I get an error.
What should I do to read this information?

Thanks in advance!

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I have a xml file

ActionScript Code:
<idioma>
<ingles>
<cat1>value1</cat1>
<cat2>value2</cat2>
</ingles>
<espanol>
<cat1>value3</cat1>
<cat2>value4</cat2>
</espanol>
</idioma>

how can I replace the value of cat1 with de functin replace() ?

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Reading XML
Hi, i have an xml file, which i have to read. I know how to read it once, but i have to read it all the time, because it reads some numbers, which are changing and managing my events.

The XML file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <hotspots>
<sequence>47</sequence>
<hotspot id="1">0</hotspot>
<hotspot id="2">0</hotspot>
<hotspot id="3">0</hotspot>
<hotspot id="4">0</hotspot>
<hotspot id="5">0</hotspot>
<hotspot id="6">0</hotspot>
<hotspot id="7">0</hotspot>
<hotspot id="8">0</hotspot>
<hotspot id="9">0</hotspot>
</hotspots>

I have to read if hotspot has value 1 or 0. I have to read only hotspots, with id=1,id=2 and id=3.If the number changes, then something happens in my flash file.

My current code:

var mojXML:XML = new XML();
mojXML.ignoreWhite = true;
var output:String = "";

mojXML.onLoad = function(success){
if(success)
{

var tabela:Array = mojXML.firstChild.childNodes;

//ce je prvi ena
if(tabela[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 1){
if(tabela[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
if(tabela[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
trace("zazeni prvega");
}else{trace("zazeni tretjega");}
}
else if(tabela[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 1){
if(tabela[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
trace("zazeni drugega");
}else{trace("zazeni tretjega");}
}
}
//ce je prvi 0
else if(tabela[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
if(tabela[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
if(tabela[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
trace("zazeni prvega, ki je default");
}else{trace("zazeni tretjega");}
}
else if(tabela[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 1){
if(tabela[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
trace("zazeni drugega");
}else{trace("zazeni tretjega");}
}
}
else{
trace("first as default");
}

}
else{
trace("XML ni OK");
}
}
mojXML.load("hotspot_processed.xml");

It is probably a simple solution, so i hope that someone can help me.

Attach Code

mojXML.onLoad = function(success){
if(success)
{

var tabela:Array = mojXML.firstChild.childNodes;

//ce je prvi ena
if(tabela[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 1){
if(tabela[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
if(tabela[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
trace("zazeni prvega");
}else{trace("zazeni tretjega");}
}
else if(tabela[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 1){
if(tabela[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
trace("zazeni drugega");
}else{trace("zazeni tretjega");}
}
}
//ce je prvi 0
else if(tabela[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
if(tabela[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
if(tabela[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
trace("zazeni prvega, ki je default");
}else{trace("zazeni tretjega");}
}
else if(tabela[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 1){
if(tabela[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue == 0){
trace("zazeni drugega");
}else{trace("zazeni tretjega");}
}
}
else{
trace("first as default");
}

}
else{
trace("XML ni OK");
}
}
mojXML.load("hotspot_processed.xml");

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If i would read this xml (for building a drop down menu) example from kirupa.com
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I'm working on a simple image gallery that will use an xml document to load in varibales.

I read in this xml document sructure from my text file:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

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<imageName>image_1.jpg</image>
<caption>Image 1 caption</caption>
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<gallery>
using the following actionscript:

Code:
var gallery_xml = new XML();
gallery_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
gallery_xml.load("events/events.xml");

gallery_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
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}
};
when i look at the trace of gallery_xml.childNodes, I get this:

Quote:

<gallery><image><thumb>thumb_1.jpg</thumb><imageName>image_1.jpg</imageName></image></gallery>

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I then have a doclist.xml that carrys the information regarding all the documents.
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Code:
stop();
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var mydocXML:XML;
var mydocLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processDocXML);
var k:Number = 1;

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mydocLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
}
}
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my_n ame=nameTest

"

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the 'error' should be 0 and all the other values are correct, I just can't read them.

It seems like there must be a simple explaination that I am too blind to see.

Any help would be awesome.

Cheers

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