Load external xml

I have an application which uses an external xml file (on
another site). I get the data from the xml file. When I run my
application local, it works perfectly.
Although, when I run my application on my server, the xml
just won't load. Can anyone help me on this matter?
Greets

"Francisc Romano" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:gh40j6$cj6$[email protected]..
> Aha, ok!
> Your problem is the fact that you address the XML
remotely...
> It is a security problem:
> If the XML is on your server reference it relatively to
the swf file. e.g.
> "assets/burners.xml" or if in the same folder
"burners.xml".
>
> If however it is on a different server, you need to
workout the security
> issues.
It's actually a sandbox issue. But close...

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But why is it possible then to succesfully acces the .xml file with a non-web applet
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Edited by: Veko on Dec 8, 2008 2:28 AM
Edited by: Veko on Dec 8, 2008 2:29 AM
Edited by: Veko on Dec 8, 2008 2:29 AM

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main_dir:
mod_dirmod01_dirmodcontent_dirmyembeddedswf.html
myflash_dirsub1
sub2:
myflash.swf
myflash.fla (not uploaded to the server)
xml_dir:myxml.xml
I created "sub1" and "sub2" just so that my swf would be the same number of directories downwards as the html has to link upwards, so that when I test the source file, it works. For the HTML, it's embedded like this (using swfobject):
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="800" height="500" id="../../../myflash_dir/sub1/sub2/myflash">
          <param name="movie" value="../../../myflash_dir/sub1/sub2/myflash.swf" />
                
                <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="../../../myflash_dir/sub1/sub2/myflash.swf" width="800" height="500">
                
                <div>
                    <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>
                </div>
                
                </object>
                
            </object>
And inside the Actionscript, I have a URL like this to load the XML:
../../../myflash_dir/sub1/sub2/xml_dir/myxml.xml
Testing the .fla works. But the swf does not work in the HTML. myflash.swf loads, but the loading animation spins and spins, so presumably myxml.xml is not loading. Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Durrr, this is not the first time I've answered my own question. Maybe something about trying to explain it to someone else lets my brain make the critical connection.
Anyway, yes it was everything to do with the external SWFs being loaded. My main swf actually loads an xml containing URLs from which to load all of the other SWFs and so I had to update the URLs inside of that, and that fixed the problem.
Sorry for wasting forum space, but maybe this will help someone else out!

Load , edit and update an external XML in AS3

Hello to all of you!
I'm new in Flash, so i would like some help here....
I'm trying to build a User Interface (SWF) and provide it to my customers in order to have access (easely) and they can change the data (images & Texts) of an XML driven photo Gallery.
I load the XML in Flash(CS4) i can 'trace' at the output panel the nodes but when i'm editing new data the changes are not "saved"...
The Files look like this:
gallery.xml
fla
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<objects>
   <picture_path>pictures/1.jpg</picture_path>
   <thumb_path>thumbs/1.jpg</thumb_path>
   <picture_desc> abcdefgabcdefg </picture_desc>
   <picture_title> ABC </picture_title>
   <picture_path>pictures/2.jpg</picture_path>
   <thumb_path>thumbs/2.jpg</thumb_path>
   <picture_desc> abcdefgabcdefg </picture_desc>
   <picture_title>   </picture_title>
   <picture_path>pictures/3.jpg</picture_path>
   <thumb_path>thumbs/3.jpg</thumb_path>
   <picture_desc> abcdefgabcdefg </picture_desc>
   <picture_title> ABCDEFG </picture_title>
</objects>
var captionsXMLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
captionsXMLLoader.load(new URLRequest("gallery.xml"));
captionsXMLLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, captionsXMLLoadedHandler);
function captionsXMLLoadedHandler(eventObj:Event):void {
       var captionsXML = new XML(eventObj.currentTarget.data);
       trace(captionsXML.picture_title[2]);                // -> ABCDEFG
// ( This line should change the data of XML ? )
       captionsXML.picture_title[2] = "Bla Bla Bla Bla...";
       trace(captionsXML.picture_title[2]);                // -> ABCDEFG
Please some help here !!!

Sorry Kglad, this isn't embedded straight in to a html fil but from a main swf (full screen flash website i'm building).
The code example is a part of my nodes from the menu config xml...
William

Load external xml

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