Load as. xml in flash - prob loading image

I have trouble getting my images to load on my flash stage. I
tried using the movieclipLoaderClass() as you suggested but I can't
get it to work. Appreciate any help.

Then you reuse the code but you move positioning and scaling
to the loadImage() function otherwise your images wiil be at the
same position. And you would want to place the images on their own
depth. Make sure you edit the xml file in row two to point to
image2.jpg and place an image called 'image2.jpg' in the same
folder as your fla.

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and
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Hi everybody,
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[CODE]import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
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import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import fl.controls.ProgressBar;
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import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
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container_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOut);
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function onOver(e:MouseEvent):void{
var my_thumb:Loader = Loader(e.target);
my_thumb.alpha = 0.5;
function onOut(e:MouseEvent):void{
var my_thumb:Loader = Loader(e.target);
my_thumb.alpha = 1;
[/CODE]

Hi,
at www.lynda.com there is a great video tutorial.
Search for Create and Embed a Photo Gallery in a PDF

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e_machine: EM_386              e_version:    EV_CURRENT
e_type:     ET_DYN
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// 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);

Small Bug in Flash 8: loading swf that´s a vectorized image in many layers

Hi! There´s a small bug in flash 8. If you load a swf
that it´s a vectorized image in many layers, when you give it
an action in onLoadInit, like mc.onRelease, the mc don´t
"catch" that action. You can try loading an image (it works), a lot
of swf (it works), but with this kind of swf the actions onRelease,
onPress, etc... don´t work.
The
swf
I´ll make a different vectorized image to make it works
(if there is only one layer it works)

Seems odd it will only run once. Usually if a cache problem
you get the same
results even when you update the movie or server scripts.
If it is
http:// it is not local even if from the browser
cache.
Verify the html is validated.
Check to see if this applies to all swfs. Create a simple
hello world swf
that connects to a JSP script that returns a simple value to
Flash. If that
seems to work, then the problem is in the JSP or
Actionscripting coding.
Check you can load the JSP script repeatedly using a direct
call to it on
the browser line using
http://.
Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
Flash, Actionscript and Flash Media Server examples:
http://flashexamples.hosfordusa.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
"srikanth_s_india" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:e6obld$lfb$[email protected]..
> Thanks for the article link.
>
> I can't provide the URL as it is within our application
which requires
> logging
> in. However, one more interesting thing about it is that
it always works
> for
> the first time (in the browser/machine) but not from the
next time.
>
> My doubt is whether it is because of the caching? When
it loads for the
> first
> time, the HTML and SWF files load from our server and
hence are allowed to
> communicate with our JSP. However, when it loads the
subsequent times, it
> probably loads from the cache and hence considered as a
local file and not
> allowed to communicate with our JSP file which is on the
Internet.
>
> Can anybody tell me how to enable a local SWF file to
load SWF files from
> the
> Internet & access URLs from the Internet in Flash 8
pluggin?
>

Best way to load xml to flash

I have a movie on my stage that will need to load in a
relatively small xml document. The problem is that the xml that is
loaded into the flash is based on search results so it will change
all the time and therefore won't read from a local xml file. I have
an example working where it calls a webservice to do the search and
gets back the xml. But in this scenerio the flash has to load, run
the search and then parse the results so it could be a few seconds
that the page has loaded before the flash finishes loading. I've
thought about passing the xml in as a parameter which would put it
right in the html code. I'm not sure how to do this though in as3.
Is there another way that I'm overlooking where it could load the
xml without having to put it right in the html or call a
webservice? Thanks.

I am at work now and able to access my files. I have
developed this basic xml loader class. Some of it is my creation,
some of it I pulled from these forums. Hope it helps you out.

Pre-loading images loaded from XML.

Hello,
I hoping for some guidance please.
I have a Gallery that loads thumbnails from an XML.
I have added a pre-loader to each one of the thumbnails as it is being loaded from the XML.
My problem is that I can't figure out how to remove the pre-loaders after it has called the Event.COMPLETE.
With my curent code,
As it completes loading the thumbnails, it throws an error and only removes the very last pre-loader.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Here is the code I am currently using.
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("images.xml");
var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var myXML:XML = new XML();
var xmlList:XMLList;
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
myXML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,fileLoaded);
var arrayURL:Array = new Array();
var arrayName:Array = new Array();
var holderArray:Array = new Array();
var nrColumns:uint = 1;
var wheel:MovieClip;
var holdMe;
var thumbsprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(thumbsprite);
var thumb:Thumbnail;
var thumbsHolder:Sprite = new Sprite();
thumbsprite.addChild(thumbsHolder);
function fileLoaded(event:Event):void {
     myXML = XML(event.target.data);
     xmlList = myXML.children();
     for (var i=0; i<xmlList.length(); i++) {
          var picURL:String = xmlList[i].url;
          var picName:String = xmlList[i].big_url;
          arrayURL.push(picURL);
          arrayName.push(picName);
          holderArray[i] = new Thumbnail(arrayURL[i],i,arrayName[i]);
          holdMe = holderArray[i];
          var loader:Loader = new Loader();
          loader.load(new URLRequest(xmlList[i].url));
          wheel=new rootz();
          holdMe.addChild(wheel);
          loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, preload);
          loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completed);
          function preload(event:ProgressEvent):void {
               var percent:Number = Math.round(event.bytesLoaded / event.bytesTotal * 100);
               trace(String(percent) + "%");
          function completed(event:Event):void {
               holdMe.removeChild(wheel);
          if (i<nrColumns) {
               holderArray[i].y = 65;
               holderArray[i].x = i*100;
          } else {
               holderArray[i].y = holderArray[i-nrColumns].y+110;
               holderArray[i].x = holderArray[i-nrColumns].x;
          thumbsHolder.addChild(holderArray[i]);

I am not sure why but the code I posted did not post right,
Here is my code -
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("images.xml");
var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var myXML:XML = new XML();
var xmlList:XMLList;
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
myXML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,fileLoaded);
var arrayURL:Array = new Array();
var arrayName:Array = new Array();
var holderArray:Array = new Array();
var nrColumns:uint = 1;
var wheel:MovieClip;
var holdMe;
var thumbsprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(thumbsprite);
var thumb:Thumbnail;
var thumbsHolder:Sprite = new Sprite();
thumbsprite.addChild(thumbsHolder);
function fileLoaded(event:Event):void {
myXML = XML(event.target.data);
xmlList = myXML.children();
for (var i=0; i<xmlList.length(); i++) {
var picURL:String = xmlList[i].url;
var picName:String = xmlList[i].big_url;
arrayURL.push(picURL);
arrayName.push(picName);
holderArray[i] = new Thumbnail(arrayURL[i],i,arrayName[i]);
holdMe = holderArray[i];
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest(xmlList[i].url));
wheel=new rootz();
holdMe.addChild(wheel);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, preload);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completed);
function preload(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var percent:Number = Math.round(event.bytesLoaded / event.bytesTotal * 100);
trace(String(percent) + "%");
function completed(event:Event):void {
holdMe.removeChild(wheel);
if (i<nrColumns) {
holderArray[i].y = 65;
holderArray[i].x = i*100;
} else {
holderArray[i].y = holderArray[i-nrColumns].y+110;
holderArray[i].x = holderArray[i-nrColumns].x;
thumbsHolder.addChild(holderArray[i]);

Safari won't load XML file - Flash

I know this is in the wrong forum, so if someone can move it, thanks!
The Safari section is down, error loading page.
Here's my problem.
Got a website that is full flash, and some flash that is used on a html based page.
It's a counter, that counts down to a specific date. And these dates are stored in an xml file.
Safari has for some reason massive trouble loading the XML file, and therefore undefines the fields all the time. Occasionally it works, but more often than not it just says 'Undefined'. It works perfectly in IE, and in FF.
In Flash, the XML file is loaded, and its parsed correctly, the actionscript is spot on. So I can't figure the problem.
It's happening on Multiple mac's, and occasionally on Safari for Windows.
www.gpseries.net/forum
Thanks in advance.
Ste
Message was edited by: Stephen Rumbelow
Message was edited by: Stephen Rumbelow

Safari on my computer doesn't seem to have a problem loading it. You may want to try resetting Safari. Go up to the Menu Bar and click on Safari. There's a choice in the drop down menu called "Reset Safari..." Click on it and select the choices you want to make, after that click ok.

Can I have an image as a back up in case flash doesnt load?

Hi, I was thinking....for all those people that come to my site - is it possible to have a back up image if the flash doesnt load?
The current code is:
<div id="mainBanner">
          <div id="so1351">You will need flash to view this element<script type="text/javascript">
               var so1351 = new SWFObject("/media/11695/29042009.swf", "flash", "994", "224", "8", "#FFFFFF");
               so1351.write("so1351");
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         </div>
Anyone know? All comments very appreciated!

wow - thanks for your advice.
Would that be simple code like <img src="/image.jpg">?
Really? Wouldnt that overide the flash or doesnt it work like? I guess I need to try and see first.....
thanks again, any additional comments would be very gratefully received.

Load variables from XML into Flash

I was wondering how to load variables from an XML document to
a Flash file? I am familiar with the code to do it for a text file,
but was wondering how to do it for XML.
Many thanks in advance!
JJ

Thanks for the recommendation on the site. What I am trying
to do is load varaibles from an XML file into text boxes in my
flash movie.
Here is my loading:
var my_xml = new XML();
my_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
my_xml.onLoad = function(success){
if (success) {
gotoAndStop("slide01");
my_xml.load("narration.xml");
this is what I have on my frame with the text boxes (the text
boxes are also have the variable name in the variable area)
var narration = my_xml.picture01;
var my_title = my_xml.my_title;
var my_date = my_xml.my_date;
should I do my_date.text = my_xml.my_date; instead?
my xml doc looks like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<picture01>This is the text for picture
01</picture01>
<picture02>This is the text for picture
02</picture02>
<my_title>Las Vegas</my_title>
<my_date>October</my_date>
Any help on this would be GREATLY appreciated!
Text
my_date.text = my_xml.my_date;

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