Flash player freeznig when loading in small XML files

Question

Hi all,
I could really use some help in finding a reasonable solution
to this problem. I'm getting a problem where the flash player
freezes giving the "A script is causing the flash player to run
slowly" dialog box, when it's trying to load in XML files for
content. Therre are 15 files and they are all between 1-3kb. I
wrote a loop so that the next file doesn't begin loadnig until the
previous file has finished. But on some machines I still randomly
get this problem.
I've tried using the download simulator in flash and it seems
that this error always occurs on lower connection speeds, but we
are on a fast connection here and I still randomly get it freezing
I traced which files it freezes on and it's different ones every
time.
Any help would be greatly appriciated.
Thanks.
Here is the code for my xml functions:
// LOAD XML CONTENT FILE
function loadXMLFile(fileName, callBackFunction){
var_xml = new XML();
var_xml.load(fileName);
var_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
var_xml.onLoad = callBackFunction;
// FUNCTION: getNodes()
function getNodes(success) {
if (success == true) {
loadParentNode(this);
else {
trace("ERROR: XML not loaded");
// CREATE VARIABLES FROM NODES
function loadParentNode(myXMLobj) {
var obj_xml = myXMLobj;
//Determine number of parent nodes
var noOfParentNodes = obj_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length;
var content_xml = findXMLNode(obj_xml, "content");
if (noOfParentNodes > 0) {
for (x=0; x < noOfParentNodes; x++){
var currentNode = content_xml.childNodes[x].nodeName;
var currentValue = findXMLValue(content_xml, currentNode);
this[content_xml.childNodes[x].nodeName] = currentValue;
gotoAndPlay("xmlOK");
else {
trace ("1 ERROR: No Parent Nodes Found");
// GET VALUE OF CHILD NODE
function getChildNode(sectionName, desiredNodeName) {
var obj_xml = this.var_xml; // create a pointer to the XML
object
var noOfParentNodes = obj_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length;
if (noOfParentNodes > 0) {
for (x=0; x < noOfParentNodes; x++){
//Find parent Node (sectionName)
if (obj_xml.firstChild.childNodes[x].nodeName ==
sectionName) {
var nodeFound = 1;
var XMLvars = obj_xml.firstChild.childNodes[x];
var noOfChildNodes = XMLvars.childNodes.length;
if (noOfChildNodes > 0) {
for (var i = 0; i < noOfChildNodes; i++) {
if (XMLvars.childNodes
.nodeName == desiredNodeName) {
return XMLvars.childNodes.firstChild.nodeValue;
} else {
trace ("ERROR: No Parent Nodes Found");
if (nodeFound <> 1) {
trace ("ERROR: Parent Node \"" + XMLnodeName + "\" Not
Found.");
//===FIND XML
NODE=======================================================
_global.findXMLNode = function(node_xml, XMLnodeName) {
while (node_xml.nodeType == 1) {
if (node_xml.nodeName == XMLnodeName) {
return node_xml;
} else if (node_xml.firstChild.nodeType == 1){
checkChildNodes = findXMLNode(node_xml.firstChild,
XMLnodeName);
if (checkChildNodes != undefined) return checkChildNodes;
node_xml = node_xml.nextSibling;
//===FIND XML
VALUE=======================================================
_global.findXMLValue = function(node_xml, XMLnodeName){
while (node_xml.nodeType == 1) {
if (node_xml.nodeName == XMLnodeName) {
return node_xml.firstChild.nodeValue;
} else if (node_xml.firstChild.nodeType == 1){
return findXMLValue(node_xml.firstChild, XMLnodeName);
node_xml = node_xml.nextSibling;
}

Answer 1

Hi Rex,
That plugin version installed is actually the HW accelerated beta version Gala: 10.1.81.25 (The current version is 10.1.81.75).  I would recommend installing the official release, since the Gala version does have some compatibility issues.  You can download the latest version here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
-Charbs