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im new to java and xml.Been reading a lot regarding
java and don't seem to have a problem with it...Okay.
the problem is the xml part...im doing a simple GUI
project using swing(online store) and i have to
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I have absolutely NO IDEA why i must convert my java
to xml and have no idea how to do that.I been reading
on the net that xml is a exten~ markup language and
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2)why do ppl want to convert java to xml when they
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This is my code for the monster library item:
import fl.motion.Animator;
import fl.motion.MotionEvent;
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</Keyframe>
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<tweens>
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</tweens>
</Keyframe>
</Motion>;
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</tweens>
</Keyframe>
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var monsterMaker:Timer;
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var cursor:MovieClip;
var score:int;
var energy:int;
function initializeGame():void
monstersInGame = 10;
monsterMaker = new Timer(1000, monstersInGame);
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addChild(container_mc);
monsterMaker.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, createMonsters);
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addChild(cursor);
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cursor.y = this.mouseY;
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energy --;
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monsterMaker.stop();
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initializeGame();

Ok. Apparently, I didn't test it enought times to get the error. I went back and tested it again to get the error. When I did this, the
trace(this); revealed [object Monster]
and
trace(this.parent); revealed [object MovieClip].
The only one that was different was the one that gave the error. For that one the
trace(this); revealed [object Monster]
and
trace(this.parent); revealed null.
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Hope somebody could just shed a bit of light.
Thanks in advance.
Mark.
PS. I will give duke points (when I work out how to add them, but I only have 5....sorry)

Does anybody have any ideas as to what is happening.
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