Flash :: Help With Xml Node Search In Flash Mx

Search Through Each (sub)node In XML
I got one more XtreMeLy big problem (to me, that is),

I have XML that should have X number of nodes and childNodes. Each has "id" attribute.
I want to search whole XML file for id, "10" for instance.
Since there is no fixed number of childNodes (for example one parent node, one child node with another childNode), I'm not sure how to search through all of them.

if mainXML is my XML object, I can loop:

for (var nodes=0; nodes < mainXML.childNodes.length; nodes++)

which would return one node (parent node, "family" for instance)
then I can loop through it's childNodes, since there will always be at least one.
But each of these childNodes could have one or more childNodes, which again can have one or more and so on.

So how do I find the right one? The one with correct "id".
heelp!

~Darko aka Witchsmeller

{} XML Node Search Problem.
Hi guys !

I have a problem with loading a certain node from XML to the output/error
window in Flash (MX 2004).

On google , people sat that you have to load the First Child :
".firstChild"
This didn't work but I tried it with .lastChild and it worked !

This is in my opinion very strange , so the final question is :

Why doesn't Flash load the node when I use ".firstChild" ?
(My XML has 1 child);

Dynamic XML Node Search
Hi,

Here is my XML:

<Items>
<Item>
<P1>aaa</P1>
<P2>bbb</P2>
<P3>ccc</P3>
</Item>

<Item>
<P1>ddd</P1>
<P2>bbb</P2>
<P3>fff</P3>
</Item>

<Item>
<P1>aaa</P1>
<P2>hhh</P2>
<P3>iii</P3>
</Item>
</Items>

I would like to wirte a function

function searchNode(pName:String, pValue:String):XMLList

where I search for "Item"s with a specific value for a specific p
node. For example, if I call:
searchNode("P2", "bbb")
It will return the first and second Item. If I call
searchNode("P1", "aaa")
It will return the first and third Item.

How can I write the "searchNode" function?

Thank you very much.

ff

Recursive XML Node Search
Hey guys,

I am trying to make a recursive function that is passed a block of XML and then searches it until it is out of children nodes. But it doesn't work and I don't know why....any ideas? Here are the two functions:

private function parseMenuChildren(item:XML):Boolean{

if(item.children().length() > 0){

for(var i:int=0; i<item.children().length(); i++){

if((item.children().childIndex()+1) <= item.children().length()){

if(item.children().children().length() > 1){

parseMenuChildren( XML(item.children().children()) );
}
}

}

return true;
}else{
return false;
}
}

Xml Search For Specific Node/attribute
Hi,

I load an xml in as3 and need to find and output (as an XMLList) a specific node with a specific attribute (example: <xs:element name="abcd"> ), or at least find out its path (after, I would know what to do to get the XMLList). I looked at the XPath classes for Actionscript but the documentation is very poor and I did not see any method doing this. Could someone help me please? If no method exists, how can I loop through all the xml and test each node to see if it is the proper node I am looking for?

thanks so much in advance for your help

Pierrot

Edited: 02/28/2008 at 07:46:35 AM by foutuguy

[F8] Search For An XML Attribute And The Return Node Number
Hi everyone.

Just wondered if anyone had any ideas about the following:

I need to search through a series of nodes in an XML file for a specified attribute and then return the node number so that I can access the rest of the values contained inside.

Kirupa has an excellent xml search tutorial I've been looking at but it covers way more than I need!

If anyone could point me in the right direction so I can have a go that would be great.

Cheers.

Using XFTree: Getting The Parent Node Of Selected Node?
I'm using the XFTree component (great component) and I'm hoping there is a way to return the parent node of whatever node is selected in the tree. Does anyone know.

I can use getSelectedNode() to return the selected node for example, but I can't use: getSelectedNode().ParentNode for instance since the selected node that is returned is no longer attached to its original XML object.

Also, (and this is the larger issue) I really have no idea where the documentation is for this. Is there any? Aside from the list o' methods in the actionscript panel I mean.

Thanks in advance!

Finding A Node In XML File Via Node Attrib?
Hi guys,

I thought this was going to be easy! I would like to search an XML file for a particular data set i.e. set of nodes depending on a passed variable. However, storing a subset of my XML file via
ActionScript Code:
var gallery = this.firstChild;
and then searching 'gallery' as you would an array-using a for()-doesn't work since this.firstChild isn't returning an array . Any ideas?
A sample of my XML and function are below.

Cheers!

Code:
<gallery>
<collection title="Christmas 2004">
<picture title="Tiny Disk" thumb="portfolio_images/thumbs/tinydisk.jpg" description="portfolio_text/tinydisk.txt" image="portfolio_images/tinydisk.jpg"/>
<picture title="Plug" thumb="portfolio_images/thumbs/plug.jpg" description="portfolio_text/plug.txt" image="portfolio_images/plug.jpg"/>
</collection>
<collection title="Christmas 2004">
<picture title="Tiny Disk" thumb="portfolio_images/thumbs/tinydisk.jpg" description="portfolio_text/tinydisk.txt" image="portfolio_images/tinydisk.jpg"/>
<picture title="Plug" thumb="portfolio_images/thumbs/plug.jpg" description="portfolio_text/plug.txt" image="portfolio_images/plug.jpg"/>
</collection>
</gallery>
And the AS function....

ActionScript Code:
function getCollection(collection) { //set the popup invisble when choosing a new gallery var gallery_xml = new XML(); gallery_xml.ignoreWhite = true; gallery_xml.onLoad = function(success) { if (success) { trace("XML loaded"); var gallery = this.firstChild trace("gallery:" +gallery instanceof Array); for(var i=0; i< gallery.length; i++){ trace("searching for collection..."); //find collection data if(gallery[i].attributes.title==collection) { trace(collection+ " collection found"); //store collection parent node var collection = gallery[i].childNodes; collectionInfo.text = collection.attributes.title; var totalItems = collection.childNodes.length; buildGallery(collection, totalItems); break; } else if(i==gallery.length) { trace("Collection not found!"); galleryInfo.text = "Not found"; break; } } } else { trace("Error loading XML file"); } }; gallery_xml.load("gallery.xml");}

How To Build A Search Engine To Search Ur Own Flash Site?
Hey its Stuart here again.
How do you build a search engine to search ur own flash site?
Do you guys have any links?

Node To Node Path Finding
Can anybody help me with this one. I had been looking for a tutorial that will find the shortest path from node to node. I have attached a sample picture to illustrate the problem.

I have created a symbol(dot) and name it pt01,pt02,pt03,pt04,pt05,and pt06. All I want is to find the shortest path from pt01 to pt06 and if ever it find the shortest path, it will draw a line from pt01,pt03,pt05 then pt06.

XML: Add Child Node To Existing Node
Hello all, just trying to get straight how this works.

Say I create some XML like so:

ActionScript Code:
var sample:XML = <sample>
<items>
</items>
</sample>

How would I now add an <item/> to the items elements? I've been trying to use

ActionScript Code:
sample.items.appendChild(<item/>);

but it hasn't seemed to work.

Any ideas? Thanks for reading.

-Dane

XML Element Node Vs Text Node
I have created an application via Flash/AS2 that is basically a form that updates a graphic based on the information given. I have those options saving into an XML file on the local hard drive at the location of the users choice. The problem I'm having is reading that XML file back in from the XML file (this was suppose to the the easy part).

Where I'm getting stuck is the NodeType... all my nodes are being typed as "1 - Element" so I can grab the nodeValue... instead it give me NULL.

My question is... did I code something wrong? is there a way to declare a node type?

ActionScript Code:
//SAMPLE XML
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<allflex>
<tag>
<act>12345</act>
<contact_name>Test XML</contact_name>
<tag>
</allflex>

//ACTTIONSCRIPT 2.0
loadfile.onRelease = function () {
var feed_xml:XML = new XML();
feed_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
feed_xml.onLoad = function(success:Boolean):Void {
trace("onload...");
if (success) {
trace ("success...");
var thePath_str:String = "/allflex/tag";
var titleNode_str:Array = XPathAPI.selectNodeList(this.firstChild, thePath_str);
trace(titleNode_str[0].firstChild.nodeType);

}else{
trace("error loading XML");
}
};
feed_xml.load("C://xml.xml");
}

//OUTPUT
onload...
success...
1

This tells me I need to get the NodeType to a 3 - Text Node.

Any Information will be greatly appreciated.

Indexing A Node Below A Parent Node?
My problem: Attached within my node-hierarchies are text that I want to stay behind "sibling" node-hierarchies. Only solution I've found now is to attach the text to the root node, but then they loose their positional/scalar relationship to the node-hierarchies they're part of.

Are anyone aware about a solution to this problem?

Search In Flash Using Atomz Search Services
does anyone have any information on using atomz search service using flash? please reply....
thank you

Search Flash Content In Search Engines
Do you have any experiance how to optimize flash site for search engines?

If swf contains text an links, how can i constrain search engines like Google,... to find this?

Thanks

Flash Search Field - Atomz Search
I currently use Atomz for their search engine. A clients site as of now is all HTML, however I am buidling some flash elements which will incorporate a simple "search" field and submit button.

I will include the HTML, however I am unsure how to make a form in Flash to be able to include the hidden fields, etc. I hope this makes sense, and thank you in advance!

<form method="get" action="http://search.atomz.com/search/" name="search">

<input name="sp-q" class="textbox" id="sp-q" value="Search" size="15">
<input type="hidden" name="sp-a" value="sp1002ad5d">
<input type="hidden" name="sp-p" value="all">
<input type="hidden" name="sp-f" value="ISO-8859-1">

<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

If someone could create a small file, or let me know where to place what code where, please let me know. Any help is greatly appreciated! As well, if you have paypal, I can send a little something for the help!

Search Help Text Search In Flash
Hello, i'm realy stuck, and I need help... read dead end , i need to make a search on my site in flash, and also i need to explain ... what i need , example, whole site is in flash, and i need when someone wonna to find something just type word or sentence and then find on my site, but not google find or something like that... i wonna something easy, like CTRL + F, but label with find button... if anyone can help me or give me a guide i will be so happy, so thanks

sorry for my english... I hope it's readable )

Add New Node To XML With Flash
Anyone pls. help me!
I need to add new record to the XML file.
I already can load the data but can't add into the file.

How To Get Value Of A Node In Xml File Into Flash?
hi everybody;

i am facing a problem.i wish to get the value of node in xml file to use it in my swf file.
for more description i want to set the path of a picure in the xml file and when it loads in the loader the user can press the image to view it in a popup window.the images brought from mysql database.
i dont want to use dynamic textfields all i want to send the url of the image which is set in the xml in the url and use

getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=window.open('+imgpath+','ne wWin','width=400,height=300,left=0,top=0,toolbar=N o,location=No,scrollbars=No,status=No,resizable=No ,fullscreen=No');NewWindow.focus();void(0);");

so how can i concatenate the image path..
please Help
Thank you;

Flash Showing Last XML Node Only...
i have my sweet gallery...
It loads up several thumbnails, each one of them has an image (duh) and a caption. Being buttons, you click on them and details window comes up.
So far so good, everything works.

By the way, the whole thing works via xml, thumbnails are duplicated according to XML with attachMovie().

So, the xml looks similar to this:

PHP Code:

<pic url="acd.jpg" caption="bcd" details="blah" imageurl="js.jpg"/>

before posting the AS2 code, the problem is that in the details window, it'll only show the last node in the xml.
Say that the xml looked like this:

PHP Code:

<pic url="acd.jpg" caption="bcd" details="detail 1" imageurl="1.jpg"/> <pic url="acd.jpg" caption="bcd" details="detail 2" imageurl="2.jpg"/>

Flash will only display detail 2 and 2.jpg, no matter what thumbnail I'm clicking on...
So I guess I need to have flash know which button i'm pressing and have it show the right thing, but... how....

here's the code:

PHP Code:

stop();//details_mc._visible = false;_global.temp_root = this;var xml_OBJ:XML = new XML();temp_root.xml_OBJ.ignoreWhite = true;var urls:Array = new Array();var captions:Array = new Array();var details:Array = new Array();var detailsImage:Array = new Array();//var who_is_on:Number;temp_root.xml_OBJ.onLoad = function() { var photos:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes; var x_check:Number = 0; var y_check:Number = 0; for (var i:Number=0; i<photos.length; i++) { temp_root.urls.push(photos[i].attributes.url); temp_root.captions.push(photos[i].attributes.caption); temp_root.details.push(photos[i].attributes.details); temp_root.detailsImage.push(photos[i].attributes.url2) temp_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container_MC", temp_root.getNextHighestDepth()); temp_root.container_MC.attachMovie("pic_MC", "pic_"+i, temp_root.container_MC.getNextHighestDepth()); temp_root.createEmptyMovieClip("details_container_MC", temp_root.getNextHighestDepth()); temp_root.details_container_MC.attachMovie("details_MC", "details_"+i, temp_root.getNextHighestDepth()); temp_root.details_container_MC._alpha = 0; temp_root.container_MC["pic_"+i]._x = x_check*160; temp_root.container_MC["pic_"+i]._y = y_check; if(x_check>=2){ x_check = 0; y_check+=120; } else { x_check++; } temp_root.container_MC["pic_"+i].thumbnail.loadMovie(temp_root.urls[i]); temp_root.container_MC["pic_"+i].caption_TX.text = temp_root.captions[i]; temp_root.details_container_MC["details_"+i].details_TX.text = temp_root.details[i]; temp_root.details_container_MC["details_"+i].detailPic.loadMovie(temp_root.detailsImage[i]); pic_MC.onPress = function () { trace(detailsImage[i]);} //trace(photos[i]); }};temp_root.xml_OBJ.load("XML/photo.xml");

posted the whole thing, might help...
anyone has any idea how to solve this?

Accessing A DOM IMG Node From Withing Flash?
Title and summary really say it all... I need access to a DOM <img /> element from within Flash in order to draw it onto a Flash emulated Canvas, if possible without loading it again. Has Flash any methods to allow this kind of communication?

Flash And XML: Insert Hyperlink Into XML Node
Hello:

I would like to be able to put a hyperlink with anchor tags in an XML node so all the characters in the node are passed to a dynamic text box in Flash where HTML formatting is preserved.

something like this:

<node><a href="<A href="http://www.something.com">click here</a>">www.something.com">click here</a></node>

How do I go about this? - I'm afraid an <a> and </a> tag will be treated like a new child called "a" within the current node.

Thanks.

XML Problem - Passing The Start Node From Flash
Hi everyone - bit of a problem which is probably easy, but I can't solve it.

I have one flash file and a large XML file with lots of nodes; a root with several children, of which those children have lots of children as well.

A menu is dynamically built from the 1st level nodes on the sites home page. Appropriate information is also loaded into a pane on the right from attributes of these 1st level child nodes.

On of these attributes supplies a link to click on which loads a new html page in it's _self. This new page contains the same flash file, but the Object Parameter on this page needs to inform the flash file that the user has gone into a section and to show the child nodes of that section.

For example:

Code:
<root name="Introduction">
<section name="Schools" URL="schools.html">
<subsection name="Areas"></subsection>
<subsection name="Special Needs"></subsection>
</section>
<section name="Universities" URL="uni.html">
<subsection name="Cities"></subsection>
<subsection name="Bios"></subsection>
</section>
</root>
The home page opens the swf and the swf loads the xml. There is a var called rootNode and one called baseNode. baseNode is null when the swf loads but the html of the current page contains a parameter telling the baseNode what it should be - eg for the home page myXML.firstChild

rootNode is then set to baseNode and from there I create my menu.

If the URL is followed to say schools.html, the same swf is embedded, but the parameter in the Object is now set to myXML.firstChild.firstChild

The swf now thinks the root node is Schools and displays the appropriate information. etc etc.

The problem is is that the parameters keep passing in as strings. But the syntax of the variables in the swf needs to be baseNode = myXML.firstChild, not baseNode = "myXML.firstChild" as this does not work.

Anyone have any ideas of getting a non-string param into an swf??
I suppose what I am looking for in flash is an opposite of
toString() - I want to convert a string into actionscript. It's probably easy, but as I said I can't see it!

cheers

frank

Senocular XML Search Tutorial (search Query Case Sensitive)
Hi
I've just tried senocular's xml tutorials.

http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/examples/searchbestof.htm

The search query seems case sensitive. How to make it accept upper and lower case characters. Actually i'm trying to make a search by myself by using the same code.

Search Engine -user Can Search His Pictures With Keywords- HELP
I was reading about search engines and I came across a post. Being fairly new to flash I do not know how to develop this. I have a client who owns a small furniture store. I am setting up his site. He wants it to be all flash based. He has about 300 pictures of his products.I need to make a search engine in Flash so that the user can search his pictures with keywords. I read a suggestion that would fit my needs- create an array of picture names then use a loop to check if the keyword is in the array. I have been going through tutorials with no luck- can someone please help. Maybe start the code the person is talking about so I can just expand on that.

Search Page With Search Result From Text File
I want to make search page with search result In Flash, Data will be come frrom TXT file. can any body help my or give me source(FLA)??

Accessible Flash Part 1 - Optimise Your Flash Site For The Search Engines
This forum thread discusses the SitePoint article 'Accessible Flash Part 1 - Optimise Your Flash Site For the Search Engines' by James Ellis.

"Flash was once renowned for its poor accessibility... but not any more! James explains how to optimise your Flash site for search engine spidering in Part 1 of his Flash accessibility expose."

How Do You Search In Flash?
Hi,
I'm trying to create a basic search engine in Flash which allows me to search through documents stored on my computer (about 30 documents).
I have no idea where to start with the search engine part of it, but this is what I need.

1) User types in a word.
2) Flash checks word against a list of keywords corresponding to each document.
3) Flash returns titles of the documents that match.
4) Each title is a flash button that can control a movie clip (i.e. each document is actually a frame in a seperate movie clip).

I've read up a bit on array's but I'm still not very sure, and I've also been playing around with XML.
If anybody could send me a file explaining how to create the search part of the file (I can probably figure out the rest) then that would be amazing. Or just explain to me how it can be done.
Thanks for any help.

FLASH SEARCH
hey all,
here is my problem. I have designed a site entirely in flash 5 for a client, I have to add a cocktail section to the site, where the user can type in an alchohol brand to search for and then they are given a list of cocktailson the site. They can then click the cocktail and are shown the cocktails ingredients. Does anyone know the best way to do this?
thanks,
tom

Search In Flash
I prepare a map an i will have function, that the use can input text in dyn. texfield and serch text (e.g. street name) from my file (txt, xml).

1. Q: Which file type should i use for my dynamic texts in SWF?

XML or TXT or database?

2. Q: Can somebody send me link for tutor. or engine, which can do what i need?

I am not so strong in AS and i will mainly understand what is the easiest way.

I use Flash MX.

Thanks a lot Jan

Search Box In Flash...
Hi, I would like to create a search box similar to the one on Macromedia's website (http://www.macromedia.com) - look to the top right on menu. I want it to have the same effect ...when you click on the search box it lights up, and when u click anywhere else it goes back to normal.

Thanks for any help.

Flash Search Help?
Can any1 help as of how to create a flash internal website search or just on how to make a button link to a php

Search In Flash MX
Hi everybody!
this is my first post here on the flashkits board,
and im looking for some help :S

im doing a toolbar in Flash... but my problem its that it must have a search menu, something realy simple... the txt box and a button for "search"

so, i guess someone could help me

THX!

pd: please excuse my english, im from argentina, and its been a long since i wrote my last mail in english! :P

Flash Search SDK - How To
Hello,

I'm trying to install the Flash Search SDK from http://www.macromedia.com/software/f...search_engine/. I've read the readme-file over and over and over... I just don't see how I should make it work. Is there anyone who might know this?

Thanks,

Search In Flash
Is it possible to add a search bar in a flash movie/store. I would like to add a search to find products faster. www.tsigold.com

Search From Flash
Hi all,
I'm new to Flash so easy (please) with me...? I'm making a new site on www.bouwbedrijfmentink.nl with a flash header and html pages. I have no idea how to implent the search option of the flash header in the site. Don't know where to start.......any suggestions????
greetings,
Chris

Search In Flash
Hi all,
I'd like to know, if it's possible to load by the button "search" an external swf. For example: I' ve got 100 swf files which have names like 01.swf, 02.swf etc. I want to find and load 46.swf., I will write number 46 to the textbox and I will tell the button "search" to load this file. Is that possible?

Flash Search
MMkay.
I am not very good at flash, although I try.

I want to create a search field in flash that submits to a HTML page.

However I want to turn in input field 90 degrees (ie, on its side).

I would also like to have any text thats in the search field to disapear when you click on it to put in text and then submit the information when you press enter.

I did look at quiet a few of them google search things and tried editing them to work how I wanted however I can't get any of them to work.

The way the search works on my site is it calls its self (its a php generated page) with the veriable ?s= then the text string (ie, ?s=text)

All the other ones I have downloaded wont change from query no matter what i change.

I hope that was clear.
If you guys can point me in the right direction or lead me through how to do it I would be forever grateful!

How To Use Search On Flash 8
I am using Flash Pro 8. I created a .fla file which contains several objects, each of them has the ActionScript. Now I want to search through all the ActionScript for a variable such as named GeneratedXML (already used somewhere in the application).

So I go to Edit --> Find and Replace or Find Next. Neither can locate the "GeneratedXML". But I know there is indeed a variable named: GeneratedXML, because I can see it right before me.

I just want to test the search function of this tool(Flash 8). I need do a lot of searching and location of a parameters, function names, etc throughout the .fla file.

Then how to use or do a search for a text in (the ActionScript) in Flash 8?

Thanks

Scott

[CS3] Flash Search
Hi All,

I have a catalogue for a client in a flash website and they want it to be searchable within flash which would then give results where the user can click on it and it would take them to the correct frame.

It is all on one timeline.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

[F8] Search In Flash.
Ok, i basically want to put my php search form into flash. It will be getting information by searching the users nickname and paste things such as hours,hits etc i figured they will be dynamic text boxes. Can somebody guide me towards the best way of going about doing this to save future confusion?

thanks

Flash Search Box
Hi,

Does anybody know if it possible to create a search box in flash?
I am trying to create a search facility so that users can type in a keyword and frames with that word on will be displayed. Then I could create links to them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance

Flash Search ?
Hi every one ,

I plan to design a flash projects that will be run on cd and I want the flash search a file and return the seached word and by clicking on the word show details about that word (search item will be the factory name and details will be tell No. fax web site , . . .) I wonder if it is possible ?

thanks in advanc !

Search In Flash
I would like to add search into my Flash website. How would I achieve this?
At least would it be able to highlight the searched words (and jump to the first of them) in a dynamic text field or even bring up a list of pages (scenes or whatever) that have the searched for words.
Thanks!
Nicko,