ClassCastException on XmlLoader.load

I am making this call to load my document. The parse seems to happen ok. But
then...
TestsDocument doc =
( TestsDocument ) XmlLoader.parse ( pFile );
I get a classcastexception, the returned class is of type com.bea.xbean.values.XmlAnyTypeImpl
What am I doing wrong?

It actually turned out that when I used the factory inside of my document, everything
parses fine. If I use just the xmlloader, the exception is thrown.
"Jerald Pratt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Brian,
I had a similar problem and I'm trying to remember what it was. I believe
the
problem turned out to be with my XML file or XML Schema file and not
the code.
Not having a valid XML file and/or XML Schema file will cause a variety
of unexpected
problems. You should use a tool that will validate both types of XML
files before
running further tests. I use XML Spy from www.altova.com which works
great.
Jerald
"brian" <[email protected]> wrote:
I am making this call to load my document. The parse seems to happen
ok. But
then...
TestsDocument doc =
( TestsDocument ) XmlLoader.parse ( pFile );
I get a classcastexception, the returned class is of type com.bea.xbean.values.XmlAnyTypeImpl
What am I doing wrong?

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[CODE]
package {
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import com.greensock.events.LoaderEvent;
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import com.greensock.loading.LoaderMax;
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import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
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[/CODE]
I could figure out that I have to change the line
[CODE]
new ImageLoader("assets/images/" + image.@name + ".jpg", {name:image.@name + "Image", width:_IMAGE_WIDTH, height:_IMAGE_HEIGHT, scaleMode:"proportionalInside", bgColor:0x000000, estimatedBytes:820000, onFail:_imageFailHandler}
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and instead of ".jpg" put ".swf" (making sure that the names of the files are identical except for their extensions)
The problem is that I get an error message in the output that flash could not convert my swf file to the bitmap.
I suspect that I have to change the hard coding to specify that Loader Max should treat loading bigger swf files as swf and not as image/jpg files.
I don't have enough expertise to decipher all the lines where this has to be changed.
It feels that I am close to accomplishing what I need. Is it possible to point out where this change has to take place?
Here is my thought process:
I don't need to specify SWFLoader as LoaderMax is already specified (line 5)
I don't need to change anything in lines 31-34 as "Sprite" and "Slide" could be an .swf file (line31-34)
I don't need to change anything in line 50 for the same reason (line 50)
I don't need to change lines 66 and 68 as image list may contain swf files (line 66 and 68)
I do need to change ".jpg" to ".swf" in line 72 (line 72)
No sure if there are any changes in line 82 (line 82)
LoaderMax has var as imagesQueue does that need to be changed into SFWLoader? (lines98-102)
I don't think anything need to be changed in lines 138-173 as " Slide" can incorporate an SWF file (lines 138-173)
Not sure if there has to be a change in lines 175-177 as it specifies that slide is an image (lines 175-177)
Not sure if there has to be a change in lines 182-200 from imageLoager to SWFLoader (lines 182-200)
Not sure if there has to be a change in lines 239-245 in specifying SWFLoader (lines 239-245)
I am attaching the .xml and .as documents as well

This was my very first step.
The problem is that I get an error message in the output that flash could not convert my swf file to the bitmap.
I suspect that I have to change the hard coding to specify that Loader Max should treat loading bigger swf files as swf and not as image/jpg files.
I don't have enough expertise to decipher all the lines where this has to be changed.
It feels that I am close to accomplishing what I need. Is it possible to point out where this change has to take place?
Just in case here is my xml code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<data>
          <image name="agencynet" description="agencynet description text goes here." />
          <image name="buick" description="buick description text goes here." />
          <image name="cocacola" description="cocacola description text goes here." />
          <image name="cu3er" description="cu3er description text goes here." />
          <image name="diva" description="diva description text goes here." />
          <image name="dow" description="dow description text goes here." />
          <image name="erkyperky" description="erkyperky description text goes here." />
          <image name="flexa" description="flexa description text goes here." />
          <image name="happyplanetshots" description="happyplanetshots description text goes here." />
          <image name="holdencruze" description="holdencruze description text goes here." />
          <image name="ironman" description="ironman description text goes here." />
          <image name="mercedes" description="mercedes description text goes here." />
          <image name="micromaniac" description="micromaniac description text goes here." />
          <image name="overtheatlantic" description="overtheatlantic description text goes here." />
          <image name="saab" description="saab description text goes here." />
          <image name="silverpistol" description="silverpistol description text goes here." />
          <image name="softse" description="softse description text goes here." />
          <image name="target" description="target description text goes here." />
          <image name="tonydorio" description="tonydorio description text goes here." />
          <image name="prius" description="prius description text goes here." />
          <image name="waterlife" description="waterlife description text goes here." />
</data>

Linking a class to a dynamic text field to load XML data.

Hi,
I'm quite new to ActionScript and would be grateful for any help here.
I want to load text into a dynamic text field (called 'about_tab') using a class depending on the language selected (by clicking on a flag icon) by the user.
I managed to get this to work when the ActionScript was written directly in the timeline, but am having problems with doing the same thing via a class.
This is my class file:
package
import flash.display.SimpleButton;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.events.Event;
public class ChangeLang extends SimpleButton
public function ChangeLang()
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, switchLang);
trace("ChangeLang class working");
public function switchLang(event:MouseEvent):void
var lang = event.target.name;
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("languages/"+lang+".xml");
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var substance:XML;
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void
trace("function xmlLoaded is running");
substance = new XML(loader.data);
about_tab.text = substance.about_lbl;
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
loader.load(req);
Here's one of my XML files (the other is the same except "About" is written in German):
<substance>
<about_lbl>About</about_lbl>
</substance>
When I run it, it returns my trace statements that the class ChangeLang and the function xmlLoaded are running, but no text appears in the dynamic text field (I should/want to see the word 'About'). I get this error message:
1120: Access of undefined property about_tab
The problem, I'm guessing, is in the part in red in my code. I think I need to target the text field in the display list by creating a reference to it. If so, could someonw point out how I do this, or perhaps a tutorial that would help. I've tried adding the word stage (i.e.,stage.about_tab.text = substance.about_lbl; ) but it still doesn't connect. I guess there's something really simple I'm missing, so I apologize if this comes across as a stupid question
Thanks for any help.

Hello flashrocket!
I'm also new to AS3 and I've just started using external classes and I think I know what you should do to put your code to work.
Instead of using the text field you created inside your flash file, why don't you use the "TextField" class to create an instance of this object? It's the exact same thing as when you create and instantiate a new text field inside Flash.
First, import flash.text.*; (includes classes like TextField, TextFieldAutoSize, TextFormat, TextFormatAlign, etc)
Than you just have to create a var like
public var about_tab : TextField;
or
public var about_tab : TextField = new TextField();
then, to adjust the properties of this tab you use dotsyntax as if it where on your stage like:
about_tab.x = 50; about_tab.alpha = .5; etc...
you can even create a function to "config your textField"
          private function createAndConfigTextField() : void {
               about_tab = new TextField(); //you only need this line if you
          // only typed something like "public var about_tab:TextField;
          // if instead you used "public var about_tab:TextField = new TextField(); outside
          // this function, just skip this first line because you already have an instance of
          // text field named "about_tab"...
                        about_tab.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
               about_tab.background = true;
               about_tab.border = true;
               var aboutTextFormat : TextFormat = new TextFormat();
               format.font = "Arial";
               format.color = 0x000000;
               format.size = 11;
               format.bold = true;
               format.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
               about_tab.defaultTextFormat = aboutTextFormat;
               addChild(about_tab);
This is just an example of what you can do... I hope you get it... let me know if you have any doubt...

How to select variable filename from local directory with fn to load xml

I would like to select a specific xml file to load from a local directory. The file name is composed of “Title” + “number sequence”. I know the Title (in this case its XLink07), but I need to select the latest number sequence or the latest by date stamp.
For example, the local directory has the following files:
XLink01[36735298100].xml
XLink02[36735298100].xml
XLink02[36735298101].xml
XLink07[36735298100].xml
XLink07[36735298101].xml
In this example I need to select file XLink07[XXXXXXXXXXX].xml where XXXXXXXXXXX is the highest number within the XLink07[XXXXXXXXXXX].xml files. Title is Xlink07 and function should return Number sequence [36735298101]. Files with higher number sequence have later date stamps than files with lower number sequences. I need to select the highest number or the latest date stamp for the file that begins with XLink07….
My action script to load the local .xml file without any function to select the correct file is:
Security.allowDomain("*", "*")
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("XLink07[36735298101].xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, showXML);
function showXML(e:Event):void {
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
var Innards:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
tweet_name.text = Innards.XLink01[0].screen_name;
tweet_1.text = Innards.XLink01[0].text;
tweet_date.text = Innards.XLink01[0].created_at;
Thanks for the help if anyone can script that function for me if its possible.

If you develop for Flash browser plugin (not AIR), there is no way to read directories.

Loading swf with XML on Click

Hi all, can anyone help
can anyone shine a little light onto a little confusion I am having, I have a menu that already loads in images via an XML file on a menu, what I am trying to do is when an image/meni Item is click I would like to load in an swf into the same place as the image Item loads into! am I making any sense.
on a click event, do I use in the XML file the <link>link to swf</link>   ????
this is what I have in my xml file that loads in the images so far;
<image name="image 12" path="img/img12.jpg"
title="Lorem ipsum 12"
text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi commodo 12" />
what I am getting confused with is what I also put within the AS, I am sure it is not alot but I'm just not sure what needs to go where??
this is what I have within the AS that loads in XML, I hope its ok to paste this code, never like posting to much code incase is scares people off, I just don't want to leave anything out, hope thats ok with everyone:eek:
// Use URLLoader to load XML
xmlLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;
// Listen for the complete event
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onXMLComplete);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("data.xml"));
stage.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL, onMouseWheel );
//———————————————EVENT HANDLERS
private function onXMLComplete(event:Event):void
// Create an XML Object from loaded data
var data:XML = new XML(xmlLoader.data);
// Now we can parse it
var images:XMLList = data.image;
for(var i:int = 0; i < images.length(); i++)
// Get info from XML node
var imageName:String = images[i].@name;
var imagePath:String = images[i].@path;
var titles:String = images[i].@title;
var texts:String = images[i].@text;
// Load images using standard Loader
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
// Listen for complete so we can center the image
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onImageComplete);
loader.load(new URLRequest(imagePath));
// Create a container for the loader (image)
var holder:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
holder.addChild(loader);
var button_main:Button_mr = new Button_mr();   /
holder.addChild(button_main);
var tooltip:ToolTip = new ToolTip();
tooltip.field.text = titles; //loads tooltip 1
tooltip.field2.text = texts; //loads tool tip 2
tooltip.x = -350;
tooltip.y = 0;
holder.addChild(tooltip);
// Same proceedure as before
holder.buttonMode = true;
holder.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, onMenuItemClick );
// Add it to the menu
circleMenu.addChild(holder);
many thanks for any help!!!!

1. Be sure in main.swf there is no masking or layering hiding
the reflection area. A way to test quickly is to load in a plain
master swf that is much larger than the externals swf.
2. Know the weakness of loadMovie for timing issues that
require the external movie to be fully loaded before actions are
taken on it. I see a bunch of these in the code you posted. Best to
use
MovieClipLoader.onLoadInit
before you attempt to access the external swf properties or code or
add code.
3. Be sure the code is firing on load and all objects are
created. Add some trace statements for those objects.
4. I noticed you do not use BitmapData so this may not be
relevant but be sure to add
System.security.allowDomain("*");
to the main.swf as well as in external swfs and only if you
are using the BitmapData class.
5. As I started to look at the code a bit and noticed this
item:
There is no constructor for the Flash MovieClip class. You
will not see a compiler error message because you do not have the
code wrapped into a class.
var home:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
However it does not have impact on the code.
better would be
var home:MovieClip;

Sending variable value from php to flash to load an xml file

I would like to load an XML file from the location locally or on the server being unaware of the name of the file. I am using PHP for sending the filename to Flash.
The below is the PHP code:
<?php
filesInDir('C:\Documents and Settings\457305\My Documents\shrikant\Flash Tutorials\webassist');
function filesInDir($tdir)
        $dirs = scandir($tdir);
        foreach($dirs as $file)
                if (($file == '.')||($file == '..'))
                elseif (is_dir($tdir.'/'.$file))
                        filesInDir($tdir.'/'.$file);
                else
                        echo "fileName=$file";
?>
And below is the loading Actionscript code:
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLVariables;
stop();
// Define the PHP file to be loaded
var phpFile:String = "http://localhost/webassist/test.php";
var cons_xml:XML;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
// Specify dataFormat property of the URLLoader to be "VARIABLES"
// This ensures variables loaded into Flash with same variable names
xmlLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(phpFile));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
function processXML(evt:Event):void
          trace(evt.target.data.fileName);
          //cons_xml = new XML(evt.target.data.fileName);
          //gotoAndPlay(2);
When I trace the evt.target.data it displays "fileName=mainOpenEndedXML%2Exml" and when I trace evt.target.data.fileName the fileName is properly displayed as "mainOpenEndedXML.xml".
But in the next two lines where the loading occurs it does not load the file i.e the swf file from xml doesn't play.
I have been searching the Internet for answers but not able to find any solutions.
The loading works properly if i directly insert the xml file in the code and the swf's in the XML file play propertly. The below is the code for the same:
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLVariables;
stop();
var cons_xml:XML;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("mainOpenEndedXML.xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
function processXML(evt:Event):void
          cons_xml = new XML(evt.target.data);
          gotoAndPlay(2);
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated

Yes. you already said that, but I guess you don't understand what I said. You are loading the PHP fle to get the filename, but nowhere are you taking that filename and loading the file that was named.
You need to do two loading operations. The first one to get the filename, and the second to load the file with that name. Maybe if you name the PHP file loader phpLoader instead of xmlLoader it will start to make more sense to you. Something like the following...
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLVariables;
stop();
// Define the PHP file to be loaded
var phpFile:String = "http://localhost/webassist/test.php";
var phpLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
// Specify dataFormat property of the URLLoader to be "VARIABLES"
// This ensures variables loaded into Flash with same variable names
phpLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
phpLoader.load(new URLRequest(phpFile));
phpLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processPHP);
function processPHP(evt:Event):void
         var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
         xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(String(evt.target.data.fileName)));
         xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
var cons_xml:XML;
function processXML(evt:Event):void
          cons_xml = new XML(evt.target.data);
          gotoAndPlay(2);

Loading only last image

This code is loading the xml correctly, populating the mainClipArray correctly, but only adding the last image to the stage.
I think it is not waiting for completeClipLoad() to complete. I tried removing :void from the function to see if waiting for a return would do it, but no luck.
Any ideas?
CODE:
var myXML:XML;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var mainClipArray:Array = [];
var counter:int = 0;
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("portfolio.xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeXMLLoad);
function completeXMLLoad(e:Event):void{
    myXML = XML(e.target.data);
    var len:int = myXML.portfolio.unit.length();
    for(var i:int = 0; i<len; i++){
        counter = i;
        mainClipArray[i] = new pane();
        //Load small image
        var smallfilename = myXML.portfolio.unit[i].small.filename;
        myLoader.load(new URLRequest(smallfilename));
        myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeClipLoad);
        mainClipArray[i].x = i * 15;
        addChild(mainClipArray[i]);
function completeClipLoad(e:Event):void{
    trace("made it in");
    mainClipArray[counter].addChild(myLoader);
    trace("added child");

Delaying the progress isn't going to help if you still have only one loader. I would say that you could move the var myLoader:Loader = new Loader(); line inside the loop so that you have a new loader instance for each loading occurence, but then you would also need to adjust the completeClipLoad function to use the event target (e.target) instead of "myLoader". But that still wouldn't resolve matters completely because you have that counter variable that will be working as fast as the for loop, with the loop likely finishing before the first item gets loaded... and since your completeClipLoad also makes use of that variable, you'll end up with only the last pane object being used.
If you want to control the order of loading and retain the code in the one place (the other suggestion offered above having the code inside the pane could also be a viable approach), then a better strategy is to to use a programmed loop rather than a for loop, where only one loading occurs at a time and the completion of one loading triggers the next to begin. Something like (this is just an outline form)...
counter = 0;
imgArray;
function completeXMLLoad(e:Event):void{
     ... // process all the xml into the imgAray
    loadSmallImage(); // start by loading the first image only
function loadSmallImage(){
     // create loader instance
     // assign load complete listener
     // load imgArray[counter]
function loadComplete(e:Event) {
     // process the loaded image in a new pane
     // increment counter
     // if counter is < imgArray.length -> loadSmallImage();

Adding "loading" movieclip to dynamic image gallery?

Hello again,
I've completed my XML-driven image gallery, however upon live testing I'd realized I made a rookie mistake and not put some kind of placeholder "loading" movie clip loop while the thumbnails—and subsequent full-size images—are being loaded. The images will randomly appear when loaded and I would like to be able to insert a placeholder movie clip while they load, and swap them up with the thumbnails/images after it has been loaded. The placeholder movie clip is in my library (loadingLoop), but I'm having problems getting it to work correctly.
Below is the original function that processes the XML and adds the thumbnail images; this is where I'm trying to insert the placeholder movie clip per XML child node (every attempt I've made just keeps throwing more errors, so I've omitted my attempts to avoid confusion), and I've attached the XML file for testing. And insight or help would be appreciated.
//Locate the external XML file and trigger xmlLoaded when complete
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("data/artGallery.xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
//Load the XML and process the image locations
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {
    xml = XML(event.target.data);
    //parse the nodes in the XML file
    xmlList = xml.children();
    //count the number of nodes in the XML file via XMLList
    trace(xmlList.length());
    //loop to load all of the thumbnails, based on the number of nodes in XMLList
    //"i" = every child node in the XML file
    for (var i:int = 0; i < xmlList.length(); i++) {
        //Add loadingLoop movie clip per node and wait for thumnail to load before swapping out with imageLoader thumbnail images <-- help!!
        //for every node, create a new instance to be put on stage
        imageLoader = new Loader();
        //load each thumbnail from its location per XML node's "thumb" attribute
        imageLoader.load(new URLRequest(xmlList[i].attribute("thumb")));
        //position of thumbnail instances per XML node (horizontally across stage)
        imageLoader.x = i * 110 + 10;//thumbs are 100 x 100 so, +10 to the width, plus +10 from left edge
        //imageLoader.y = 10;
        //for each node in XML list, name the instance with the path to the location of the full size image
        imageLoader.name = xmlList[i].attribute("source");
        //for each node in the XML list, add a drop shadow
        imageLoader.filters = [thumbDShadow];
        //add thumbnails to stage
        addChild(imageLoader);
        dropTween = new Tween(imageLoader, "y", Bounce.easeOut, -100, 10, 1, true);
        //set up thumbnails to wait for a click to execute showPicture
        imageLoader.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showPicture);
        //set up thumbnails to scale when rolled over
        imageLoader.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, sizeUP);

Somehow I had a feeling this wouldn't be a copy-and-paste job for the full-size images. Sorry to be a bother. This is the showPicture function that is fired off when the thumbnail image is clicked (from our previous example). Two errors are thrown:
When the thumnail is clicked:
"Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
    at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
    at MethodInfo-51()"
But the full-size image loads nonetheless. The second loading loop (loadingLoop2) is not removed. Below is the showPicture function:
//Load the full-size images and place onto the stage
function showPicture(event:MouseEvent):void {
    //add new movie clip container
    var mc2:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
    addChild(mc2);
    //clear the fullLoader—this is to help clear any full-size images that may already be on the stage (they have two options, click a new thumbnail, or close the current full-size image
    fullLoader.unload();
    //re-create the fullLoader, if there was one cleared
    fullLoader = new Loader();
    //load each full size image from its location per XML node's "source" deliniated by mc.ldr's "source" attribute
    fullLoader.load(new URLRequest(event.target.name));
    //add the loder to the container
    mc2.addChild(fullLoader);
    //create new instance of second loading loop
    mc2.fsloop = new loadingLoop2();
    //add the second loading loop to the container
    mc2.addChild(mc2.fsloop);
    //for each container, add a drop shadow
    mc2.filters = [fullDShadow];
    //set the container's position center on stage, making it the size of the loading loop until the full-size images are loaded
    mc2.x = (stage.stageWidth - mc2.fsloop.width) * 0.5;
    mc2.y = (stage.stageHeight - mc2.fsloop.height) * 0.5;
    //place container on stage
    addChild(mc2);
    //fade in each container
    fadeTween = new Tween(mc2, "alpha", None.easeNone, 0, 1, 0.5, true);
    //check to see if the image has been loaded completely—this is to make sure the image's attributes can be used to re-center on stage and remove fsloop
    fullLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, removeLoop2);
    //set field to multiline so that the <br> HTML tags can be used
    imageTextField.multiline = true;
    //add text frame for description
    imageTextField.x = 10;
    imageTextField.y = 125;
    //for each full-size image, load the description text from the XML child nodes
    for (var j:int = 0; j < xmlList.length(); j++) {
        //check to make sure that the correct full-size image matches the text node when clicked
        if (xmlList[j].attribute("source") == event.target.name) {
            //add each child node as a separate line in the same text field; added HTML tags for CSS application
            imageTextField.htmlText = "<p><span class = 'projectName'>" + xmlList[j].child("projectName") + "</span><br>"
            + "<span class = 'toolsUsed'>" + xmlList[j].child("toolsUsed") + "</span><br><br>"
            + xmlList[j].child("projText") + "<br>"
            + "<span class = 'liveURL'>" + xmlList[j].child("liveURL") + "</span></p>";
    function removeLoop2(event:Event):void {
        //re-position the container to center on stage to accomodating the full sized image
        mc2.x = (stage.stageWidth - fullLoader.width) * 0.5;
        mc2.y = (stage.stageHeight - fullLoader.height) * 0.5;
        //Add the text field
        addText();
        //hide instructional text, already on stage
        galleryInfo_mc.alpha = 0;
        //remove the full-sized loading loop
        event.target.loader.parent.removeChild(MovieClip(event.target.loader.parent).loadingLoop2 );
    //set up full-size images to "self close" by clicking on it
    mc2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clearStage);
The second error gets thrown when the container is clicked and the function clearStage is executed, which does not remove the container:
"TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
    at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
    at artGallery_v1_5_fla::MainTimeline/clearStage()"
This is the clearStage function:
//Allow full-size image to "self close" by clikcing on it and removing the text description
function clearStage(event:MouseEvent):void {
    //clear the fullLoader
    fullLoader.unload();
    //remove the container
    event.target.parent.removeChild(MovieClip(event.target.parent).mc2);
   //remove the text field
    removeChild(imageTextField);
    //show the instructional text that is on-stage
    galleryInfo_mc.alpha = 1;
Help!

Dynamically Load Thumbnails To Horizontal Movieclip?

I'd like to dynamically load thumbnails into a horizontal movieclip at the bottom of an image gallery to then allow me to load an image by clicking the thumbnails. I found a tutorial to help me load the thumbnails to the stage but I am not sure how to load them into the thumbs movieclip. Here is the code I am using:
var imageLoader:Loader;
var xml:XML;
var xmlList:XMLList;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("xml/murals.xml"));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void
    xml = XML(event.target.data);
    xmlList = xml.children();
    for(var i:int = 0; i < xmlList.length(); i++)
        imageLoader = new Loader();
        imageLoader.load(new URLRequest(xmlList[i].attribute("thumb")));
        imageLoader.x = i * 175 + 25;     // <----- Also, I don't seem to understand how to space the thumbnails using this code.
        imageLoader.y = 5;
        addChild(imageLoader);
Thanks in advance!
-Dan

I wasn't sure if I should make a new discussion for this or not so I'm just going to post it here.
Alright. I finally found a tutorial that works for what I am trying to do. The thumbs load on a grid and when I click on the thumb they load in the loader. Now I am having trouble removing them. The tutorial has the remove function on the loaded large image so when you click that it removes itself. I would like so that when you click on the a thumb the current image will unload and the thumb that is clicked on will load but can't figure out how to get it to do that. I figured I'd just add a CLICK listener for the "removeFull" function to the "callFull" function but I think it cancels itself out.
Here is the code I am using: (the code to load and unload is toward the bottom)
stop();
var columns:Number = 2;
var my_x:Number = 25;
var my_y:Number = 75;
var my_thumb_width:Number = 65;
var my_thumb_height:Number = 65;
var my_images:XMLList;
var my_total:Number;
var container_mc:MovieClip;
var x_counter:Number = 0;
var y_counter:Number = 0;
var myXMLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
myXMLLoader.load(new URLRequest("xml/gallery.xml"));
myXMLLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
function processXML (e:Event):void{
    var myXML:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
    my_images = myXML.IMAGE;
    my_total = my_images.length();
    createContainer();
    callThumbs();
function createContainer():void{
    container_mc = new MovieClip();
    container_mc.x = my_x;
    container_mc.y = my_y;
    addChild(container_mc);
//The large image loads when the thumb is clicked on.
    container_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, callFull);
    container_mc.buttonMode = true;
function callThumbs():void{
    for (var i:Number = 0; i < my_total; i++){
        var thumb_url = my_images[i].@THUMB;;
        var thumb_loader = new Loader();
        thumb_loader.load(new URLRequest(thumb_url));
        thumb_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, thumbLoaded);
        thumb_loader.name = i;
        thumb_loader.x = (my_thumb_width+25)*x_counter;
        thumb_loader.y = (my_thumb_height+25)*y_counter;
        if (x_counter+1 < columns){
            x_counter++;
        } else {
            x_counter = 0;
            y_counter++;
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    var my_thumb:Loader = Loader(e.target.loader);
    container_mc.addChild(my_thumb);
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    var full_url = my_images[e.target.name].@FULL;
    full_loader.load(new URLRequest(full_url));
    full_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, fullLoaded);
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function fullLoaded(e:Event):void{
    var my_loader:Loader = Loader(e.target.loader);
    MovieClip(parent.parent).gallery.addChild(my_loader);
    my_loader.x = (MovieClip(parent.parent).gallery.width - my_loader.width)/2;
    my_loader.y = (MovieClip(parent.parent).gallery.height - my_loader.height)/2;
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    my_loader.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,removeFull);
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function removeFull(e:MouseEvent):void{
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    my_loader.unload();
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I have two separate slideshows in my document. The slideshow on frame 1 uses ixia_works.xml, the slideshow on frame 5 uses ixia_windows.xml. wrote all of my slideshow code on frame 1 and created a variable to hold the xml file. On frame 5 I assigned the new value of the variable. The slideshow on frame 1 works perfectly; the slideshow on frame 5 won't even load. Where did I go wrong?
Code on frame 1:
//in order to work with tweens, necessary to import tween classes
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
stop();
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if (!imgLoader) {
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var fadeTween:Tween;
var xmlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("ixia_works.xml");
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(xmlRequest);
var imgData:XML;
var whichImg:String;
var imgNum:Number = 0;
var totalPics:Number;
var isFirst:Boolean = true;
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(200);
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function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {
    myTimer.start();
    myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, checker);
    imgData = new XML(event.target.data);
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    myTimer.removeEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, checker);
    whichImg = imgData.image[imgNum].imgURL;
    totalPics = imgData.*.length();
    imgLoader = new Loader;
    imgLoader.load(new URLRequest(whichImg));
    slideShow_mc.addChild(imgLoader);
    fadeTween = new Tween(imgLoader, "alpha", None.easeNone, 0, 1, 2, true);
function checker(event:TimerEvent):void {
    if (imgNum == 0) {
        //if this is not the initial load, then you need to unload imgLoader
        if (!isFirst) imgLoader.unload();
        isFirst = false;
        showPic();
    } else if (imgNum < totalPics) {
        imgLoader.unload();
        showPic();
    } else {
        imgLoader.unload();
        imgNum = 0;
        showPic();
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function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
    switch(event.target) {
        case next_btn:
            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, checker);
            imgNum++;
            break;
        case prev_btn:
            imgNum--;
            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, checker);
            break;
    if (imgNum == totalPics) {
        imgNum = 0;
    } else if (imgNum < 0) {
        imgNum = totalPics - 1;
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    if (navBar_mc.currentLabel == "navIn") {
        navBar_mc.gotoAndStop("navOut");
    //make sure "our work" turns on
    wordWork_mc.alpha = 1;
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function fadeArrow(event:MouseEvent):void {
    switch(event.target) {
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            arrowPrev_mc.play();
            break;
        case next_btn:
            arrowNext_mc.play();
            break;
    if (navBar_mc.currentLabel == "navHit") {
        navBar_mc.navActivate_mc.y = 0;
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function slideOut(event:MouseEvent):void {
    navBar_mc.gotoAndStop("navOut");
//moves hit state of menu once invisible button is rolled over
function hitState(event:MouseEvent):void {
    if (navBar_mc.currentLabel == "navHit") {
        navBar_mc.navActivate_mc.y = 0;
//put this here to ensure the commands get executed
hitState_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, hitState);
hitState_btn.useHandCursor = false;
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
next_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
prev_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
next_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, fadeArrow);
prev_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, fadeArrow);
navBar_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, slideOut);
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
code on frame 5:
stop();
xmlRequest = new URLRequest("ixia_windows.xml");

Hmm. That's a very good question. It is loading the first slideshow.
Well, after seeing your question, I replaced the lines on frame 1:
var xmlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("ixia_works.xml");
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(xmlRequest);
with the following:
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
      xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("ixia_works.xml"));
and on frame 5 replaced the code with the following:
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("ixia_windows.xml"));
and now I get the following error messages on frame 5:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
    at experiment_fla::MainTimeline/showPic()
    at experiment_fla::MainTimeline/checker()
    at flash.utils::Timer/_timerDispatch()
    at flash.utils::Timer/tick()
And still no loading on frame 5.

Session Loader Exception

Hi,
I am trying to login to a server session in TopLink,I am getting this exception even with the oracle12.zip set in the class path. Has any one encountered the same problem before ? Exception is shown below.
Local Exception Stack:
Exception Description: Several [1] SessionLoaderExceptions were thrown:
Exception [TOPLINK-9003] (OracleAS TopLink - 10g (9.0.4) (Build 031126)): oracle.toplink.exceptions.SessionLoaderException
Exception Description: Unable to process XML tag [driver-class] with value [oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver].
Internal Exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
     at oracle.toplink.exceptions.SessionLoaderException.finalException(SessionLoaderException.java:89)
     at oracle.toplink.tools.sessionconfiguration.XMLLoader.load(XMLLoader.java:156)
     at oracle.toplink.tools.sessionmanagement.SessionManager.getSession(SessionManager.java:219)
     at oracle.toplink.tools.sessionmanagement.SessionManager.getSession(SessionManager.java:192)
     at oracle.toplink.tools.sessionmanagement.SessionManager.getSession(SessionManager.java:149)
     at com.test.testTop.login(testTop.java:58)
     at com.test.testTop.main(testTop.java:34)
SessionLoaderExceptions:

Try testing to ensure that the driver is on the classpath correctly first. It may be that a class in this jar requires another class missing from your classpath.
In your test first do a,
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
If this works, you may be passing an incorrect class loader to the SessionManager, ensure the class loader you pass can load the Oracle driver.

Loading XML Path from Params

I'm an action script noob, so be gentle.
I was given a file and told to make the xml path an external variable. This is the code I have:
var panelNumber:Number;
var xmlLoaderPath:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoaderPath.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loadXML);
xmlLoaderPath.load(new URLRequest("FlashFiles/CP_UnsecuredHomePgDataXMLPath.xml"));
function loadXML(e:Event):void
    var myPath:XML;
    XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
    myPath = new XML(e.target.data);
    var path:String = myPath.path;
    //===================================================================================\\
    var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
    xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, showXML);
    xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(path));
    //===================================================================================\\
var myData:XML;
function showXML(e:Event):void {
    XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
    myData = new XML(e.target.data);
    var image1:String = myData.quote[0].image;
    var image2:String = myData.quote[0].image2;
    var button1:String = myData.button_image;
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    var bgs:mc_bg = new mc_bg();
    bgs.name = "bgs";
    addChild(bgs);
Now, on this page (http://www.afcomponents.com/tutorials/img_loop/3/), what I want to do seems to be rather simple. But I don't know how to modify this script to make it work right.

Your best bet is to use FlashVars to load that kind of data. And you should use SWFObject to embed the Flash in the page. Not only is it the best way to embed Flash, it makes it super easy to pass in FlashVars - either from inline code in the page or a query parameter. I'll assume you just want to enter the path in some code in the page. Then you'd do something like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
     var flashvars = {xmlPath: "http://www.somedomain.com/files/myxml.xml"};
     swfobject.embedSWF("myContent.swf", "myContent", "550", "400", "9.0.0", "", flashvars);
</script>
Then you have a div named myContent that your Flash is written into:
<div id="myContent">
</div>
Then in Flash you'd grab the xmlPath variable like so:
myXMLPath = loaderInfo.parameters.xmlPath;
You can get SWFObejct from: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

XML not showing load progress...

I have a fla file that loads a slide show from an XML file. The xml file contains info about each slide. There's over a 100 slides so the loading takes some time. However I'm not getting actual load progress. It traces nothing until after the load is complete and then it shows the progress that it should have traced one by one, however it traced them all at once on the complete. Because it's not firing the onProgress correctly my preloader is rendered useless. Am I doing something wrong on is this a bug in Flash?
//======================================================================================== =================================================
// load xml
//======================================================================================== =================================================
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var xmlData:XML = new XML();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, LoadXML);
xmlLoader.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, LoadingXML);
function LoadXML(e:Event):void {
trace("complete");
xmlData = new XML(e.target.data);
ParseSlides(xmlData);
xmlLoader.removeEventListener( ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, LoadXML);
xmlLoader.removeEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, LoadingXML);
MovieClip(root).loading_mc.x = 1500;
MovieClip(root).loading_mc.bar.width = 1;
MovieClip(root).loading_mc.loading_txt.text = "";
function LoadingXML(e:ProgressEvent):void {
//trace("Loading..." + Math.ceil(e.bytesLoaded * 100 / e.bytesTotal) + "%");
var loaded:Number = e.target.bytesLoaded;
var total:Number = e.target.bytesTotal;
var pct:Number = loaded / total;
trace(pct);
MovieClip(root).loading_mc.x = 500;
MovieClip(root).loading_mc.bar.width = pct * 194;
MovieClip(root).loading_mc.loading_txt.text = "Loading XML... " + (Math.round(pct * 100)) + "%";
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("XML/SectionII.xml"));
HERE IS THE OUTPUT: All at once when the complete fires
0.149821570227718
0.299643140455436
0.44946471068315397
0.599286280910872
0.74910785113859
0.8989294213663079
1
complete

Actually it still doesn't work like I need it to. The loading of the xml preloader only works if the temporary internet files are gone. Which means that the time I need the loader is during the parsing of the xml process. I have a function that creates an object for each slide after the xml loads. It runs through a for loop, however the loader won't appear and work during the for loop. It only works after its finished.
function ParseSlides(slideInput:XML):void {
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var headerElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.copy[i];
var headerAnimationElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.animation[i];
var headerStartXElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.startx[i];
var headerStartYElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.starty[i];
var headerFinishXElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.finishx[i];
var headerFinishYElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.finishy[i];
var headerStartAlphaElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.startAlpha[i];
var headerFinishAlphaElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.finishAlpha[i];
var headerDelayElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.delay[i];
var headerSecondsElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.header.seconds[i];
var subheaderElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.copy[i];
var subheaderAnimationElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.animation[i];
var subheaderStartXElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.startx[i];
var subheaderStartYElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.starty[i];
var subheaderFinishXElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.finishx[i];
var subheaderFinishYElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.finishy[i];
var subheaderStartAlphaElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.startAlpha[i];
var subheaderFinishAlphaElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.finishAlpha[i];
var subheaderDelayElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.delay[i];
var subheaderSecondsElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.subheader.seconds[i];
var audioElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.audio[i];
var videoElement:XML = slideInput.Slide.video[i];
// create new slide object
slide[idElement] = new Object();
slide[idElement].name = idElement;
// set header information
slide[idElement].header = headerElement;
slide[idElement].headerAnimation = headerAnimationElement;
slide[idElement].headerStartX = headerStartXElement;
slide[idElement].headerStartY = headerStartYElement;
slide[idElement].headerFinishX = headerFinishXElement;
slide[idElement].headerFinishY = headerFinishYElement;
slide[idElement].headerStartAlpha = headerStartAlphaElement;
slide[idElement].headerFinishAlpha = headerFinishAlphaElement;
slide[idElement].headerDelay = headerDelayElement;
slide[idElement].headerSeconds = headerSecondsElement;
slide[idElement].subheader = subheaderElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderAnimation = subheaderAnimationElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderStartX = subheaderStartXElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderStartY = subheaderStartYElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderFinishX = subheaderFinishXElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderFinishY = subheaderFinishYElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderStartAlpha = subheaderStartAlphaElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderFinishAlpha = subheaderFinishAlphaElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderDelay = subheaderDelayElement;
slide[idElement].subheaderSeconds = subheaderSecondsElement;
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slide[idElement].audio = audioElement;
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//MovieClip(root).loading_mc.bar.width = 1;
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