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| Subject: | RE: FLASH: XML handling in Flash 5 |
| From: | Aaron Miller |
| Date: | Wed, 3 Jan 2001 18:45:02 GMT |
Thanks a lot neo, that helps.
>hi aaron, yup the flash xml object does that.
>
>you have a few options.
>
>1) use attributes for everything (it's a lot less fuss, and rather easier to
>work with)
>2) load the xml as plain text, then parse it in flash to remove all unwanted
>special chars, etc
>3) use an asp file to request xml docs, then strip out the chars before
>Response.Write() ing it back to flash.
>
>I use 1 and 3, but 3 allows you to bring in external xml with a minimum
>fuss.
>
>so instead of
>
> var x = new XML();
>
> ...
>
> x.load( "http://somewhere.com/somefile.xml" );
>
>try
> //
> // TheXMLFileName is set elsewhere to whatever file needs to be loaded
> // eg. var TheXMLFileName = "carstats.xml"
>
> x.load( "http://somwhere.com/xmlrequest.asp?id=" + TheXMLFileName );
>
>the asp file then checks if the file exists, loads it, parses it and writes
>it out to flash.
>
>your root will then become a transport tag, which you can check to see if
>there was an error.
>(eg. file not found, file corrupt, etc)
>
><xmlresponse status="ok">
> <carlist>
> ...
> </carlist>
></xmlresponse>
>
>hope that helps, or at least makes sense
>layder
>neo binedell
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner
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>Sent: December 29, 2000 2:21 AM
>To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com>Subject: FLASH: XML handling in Flash 5
>
>
>Have any XML users noticed that Flash 5 seems to create nodes out of
>carriage returns, so that each line break generates a new object in
>the XML object? This happens even with multiple CRs in sequence.
>
>For example, maybe someone could tell me why the following XML:
>
><?xml version="1.0"?>
>
><carlist>
>
><car id="0" make="ford" model="mustang" color="red">
><cname>ford_mustang_red</cname>
><doors>2</doors>
><acceleration>1.4</acceleration>
><braking>5</braking>
><corners>6</corners>
></car>
>
><car id="1" make="honda" model="accord" color="blue">
><cname>honda_accord_blue</cname>
><doors>2</doors>
><acceleration>1.2</acceleration>
><braking>2</braking>
><corners>2</corners>
></car>
>
><car id="2" make="toyota" model="tercel" color="green">
><cname>toyota_tercel_green</cname>
><doors>2</doors>
><acceleration>1.5</acceleration>
><braking>7</braking>
><corners>8</corners>
></car>
>
><total_cars>3</total_cars>
>
></carlist>
>
>generates almost 200 child objects when imported into Flash 5?
>
>Removing the linebreaks is an unacceptable solution, as the XML needs
>to be human-readable and editable. Should I put all values in
>attributes instead of creating extra nodes? And is this a bug or is
>there something I don't know about well-formedness? I've read the
>docs on using XML with Flash and there is nothing I've seen that even
>so much as recommends a particular DocType Declaration, much less a
>recommended structure...
>
>help?
>
>Thanks,
>Aaron Miller
>
>
>
>
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