Load XML from applicationStorageDirectory

Question

Hi all,
I want my app to check the applicationStorageDirectory for an xml file and add an empty one if it is not there. Once this is done I want to load that xml file and work with in the app.
I am trying to use the following method:
private function getLocalQuizDirectoryXML():void
                    var localQuizDir:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("quizDir.xml");
                    if(!localQuizDir.exists)
                         var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
                         fileStream.open(localQuizDir, FileMode.WRITE);
                         fileStream.writeUTFBytes('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><directory></directory>');
                         fileStream.close();
                    var s:FileStream = new FileStream();
                    s.open(localQuizDir, FileMode.READ);
                    localXML = new XML(s.readUTFBytes(s.bytesAvailable));
                    trace(localXML);
The first chunk works and the file is created if it does not exist and the xml is good. In the second chunk, if I trace s.readUTFBytes(s.bytesAvailable) I get the string I wrote in before but when I try to turn that to xml (as in the example) I get nothing. I have also tried using a Loader with the nativePath property in the URLRequest but that just throws an IOError.
Does anyone know how I can load XML from applicationStorageDirectory in to my app so that it is an XML Object rather than a String?
Thankyou kindly

Answer 1

Doh!
I was being incredibly stupid
My method works fine but the XML I am writing is empty so of course it traces nothing!
I put some childNodes in and it works fine. I apologise for wasting wasting valuable internet space with my retarded ramblings I was looking at this for so long I couldn't see it anymore and it took me writing it out here to realise my mistake.
Cheers