Loading XML Variables to Flash

I have my XML data loading into my SWF OK.
However, is there any way to call that tag name instead of
the child node number?
So instead of something like this:
myDate_txt.text = my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[2];
Can do something like this?
myDate_txt.text = my_xml.firstChild.myDate;
Is that possible? I know that does not work the way it is
written, but is there code that you can do something like that?
And how do you call the next child (cousin) if you have an
XML document like this:
<people>
<friend>
<name>Bob</name>
<age>39</age>
</friend>
<cousin>
<name>Sally</name>
<age>29</age>
</cousin>
</people>

Hi
Read the Flash Help article related to the XPath API Class,
and your XML Parsing will be much easier.
Or go
here
Hope it helps

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Flash loads XML variables from cache memory...

Hi everyone. This is a very important issue. I have been in
many many forums looking for this answer and no one fulfills my
expectations. As I said on title... I have created a small
application that edits my XML file in server. It really works,
because I open manually my file and it's perfectly modified...
however, everytime I refresh my page it loads the ancient XML
variables because they come from cache...
I also could find out that this problem is mainly happening
with IExplorer, not with Mozilla Firefox.... however, I need it to
run on IE too... but can not find a real solution.. I have been
told to add random numbers to the XMl file extenskion, and other
things like that, honestly... they do not work... please... does
anybody have the light on this issue ??? I will appreciate your
answers...
Thanks in advance,

Did you try appending a URL variable.
xmlRequest.xml.load("theData.xml?cacheKiller=" + new
Date().getTime();

Loading php variables into flash 8

i'm trying to load some vars into flash 8. i tried
loadvariables, loadvariablesnum, loadvars, google. can't figure it
out.
2 years ago when using flash mx trying the same thing, the
line:
loadVariablesNum("file",0);
was enough to do the trick.
but in flash 8 can't get it to work ;(
i have the simplest php file, something like this:
<?
$town = "where";
$person = "who";
$sex = "male";
print "town=$town&person=$person&sex=$sex";
?>
the use of variables is a must, so the solution
print "town=where&person=who&sex=male"
doesn't do me any good. actually this works.
so what's the correct way of loading this into flash 8?
thanks guyz.

you can also use a FlashVars= parameter in your
<object><embed> code, IF you are using your PHP code to
also display your flash movie, and if you only need to pass these
variables once when the movie loads. If this is what you need to
do, use this....
<object ...>
....// other params .....
<param name="FlashVars" value="<?
echo var1name;
?>=<?
echo var1value;
?>&<?
echo var2name;
?>=<?
echo var2value;
?>" >
Though you will have to do that in two places, once in the
object code, and once in the embed code.
The embed code would look more like
<embed ...... FlashVars="<? //php similar to above
?>" ..... />
I have used this successfully to pass in variables when the
flash movie first loads, to pass in stuff like a URL for a link and
other info. There are a lot of different ways to pass values in to
flash. You can also use ExternalInterface.call and use Javascript
along with PHP to retrieve info at any time, but that is more
complex.
This may not be what you need - but you can still use
LoadVariables with Flash 8, as well.

FF12 Not loading xml in the flash player

I have a VERY specific bug.
I have a Flash intro to a site (please no comments, not my choice)
The Flash intro (swf) pulls inn some links from an xml file.
This works fin unless the user is running the following system:
10.6 - snow leopard - running Firefox with version 11x of the flash plugin
Totally stumped as the the cause Any help would be greatly appreciated

You can open the LHH window via the (F10) Tools menu > Live HTTP headers or you can place a toolbar button on a toolbar via the Customize menu.
Then you can reload that page and bypass the cache to make Firefox retrieve all the files from the server.
You can also try to clear locally stored data in the Flash player via the Global settings panel, accessible via the right-click context menu of the Flash object.
* http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help02.html

Loading XML from different server

Hi, I'm trying to load XML data into flash from a distant
server. The movie loads the data fine when I run it in my local
computer, but when I upload it to the web server nothing loads. I'm
guessing this has to do with cross domain security settings. So I
added Security.AllowDomain( ); and still not working. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

you need a cross-domain security file. check the security
class'es loadPolicyFile() method for help.

Load XML with urlstring variables

I have a flash page flipping book that I bought at activeden. It uses an XML file to load in the images of the book to flip through. I have created a PHP file that takes an event ID and creates a custom XML file for flash. How do I have flash load an xml file like this? Instead of passing:
_xmlLoader.loadXml("setup.xml");
I would like to pass:
_xmlLoader.loadXml("setup.php?id=" + eid);
That code doesn't seem to be working for me though. Am I missing something here?

Then I don't know what else to offer. As long as the xml is well formed there should be no problem, unless you are testing locally and don't have PHP processing available locally. You will be better off overall testing this on a server.
As my policy I ignore/delete private messages that involve postings. My voluntary attempts to help are strictly in the puiblic forums.

Flash won't load xml generated from coldfusion

I have a swf file that used to load in xml files. It worked
perfectly fine. However, I then realized it would make more sense
to have the flash load a cfm file that creates xml on the fly.
My cfm page is creating perfectly fine xml but the flash
won't load it. WHY!?
Here is the path to my xml...
http://www.flyfishingcommunity.com/newsite/widgets/reports/pictures_widget_fly_fishing.cfm
In my flash file I load the cfm the way I used to load the
xml and its not working.

mikejjr wrote:
> Ever since I loaded the new Internet Explorer, 7.0, my
FLASH won't load. When
> I go to a site requiring FLASH, it tells me that the
site requires FLASH, and I
> need to downloaded it from Macromedia... I have download
it twice, and still
> NO luck.
>
> Any suggestions? Can anyone help?
adobe.com/support/flash
look for links for player installation troubleshooting.
Also make sure that anti spy ware / ad ware and other that
type
of tools are not set to block flash content.
Some of these tools do that by default
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Load XML file from addon domain without cross-domain Policy file

Hello.
Assuming that there are two addon domains on the same server: /public_html/domain1.com      and      /public_html/domain2.com
I try to load XML file from domain2.com into domain1.com without using cross-domain policy file (since it doesn’t work on xml files in my case).
So the idea is to use php file in order to load XML and read it back to flash.
I’ve found an interesting scripts that seems to do the job but unfortunately I can't get it to work. In my opinion there is somewhere problem with AS3 part. Please take a look.
Here are the AS3/PHP scripts:
AS3 (.swf in www.domain1.com):
// location of the xml that you would like to load, full http address
var xmlLoc:String = "http://www.domain2.com/MyFile.xml";
// location of the php xml grabber file, in relation to the .swf
var phpLoc:String = "loadXML.php";
var xml:XML;
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(phpLoc+"?location="+escape(xmlLoc) );
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onXMLLoaded);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onIOErrorHandler);
loader.load(request);
function onIOErrorHandler(e:IOErrorEvent):void {
    trace("There was an error with the xml file "+e);
function onXMLLoaded(e:Event):void {
    trace("the rss feed has been loaded");
    xml = new XML(loader.data);
    // set to string, since it is passed back from php as an object
    xml = XML(xml.toString());
    xml_txt.text = xml;
PHP (loadXML.php in www.domain1.com):
<?php
header("Content-type: text/xml");
$location = "";
if(isset($_GET["location"])) {
    $location = $_GET["location"];
    $location = urldecode($location);
$xml_string = getData($location);
// pass the url encoded vars back to Flash
echo $xml_string;
//cURLs a URL and returns it
function getData($query) {
    // create curl resource
    $ch = curl_init();
    // cURL url
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $query);
    //Set some necessary params for using CURL
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
   //Execute the curl function, and decode the returned JSON data
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    return $result;
    // close curl resource to free up system resources
    curl_close($ch);
?>

I think you might be right about permissions/settings on the server for php. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to adjust them.
So I wrote my own script - this time I used file path instead of http address of the XML file. It works fine in my case.
Here it is:
XML file on domain2.com:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gallery>
    <image imagePath="galleries/gallery_1/images/1.jpg" thumbPath="galleries/gallery_1/thumbs/1.jpg" file_name= "1"> </image>
    <image imagePath="galleries/gallery_1/images/2.jpg" thumbPath="galleries/gallery_1/thumbs/2.jpg" file_name= "2"> </image>
    <image imagePath="galleries/gallery_1/images/3.jpg" thumbPath="galleries/gallery_1/thumbs/3.jpg" file_name= "3"> </image>
</gallery>
swf on domain1.com:
var imagesXML:XML;
var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
var varURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("MyPHPfile.php");
varURL.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
varURL.data = variables;
var MyLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
MyLoader.dataFormat =URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
MyLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, XMLDone);
MyLoader.load(varURL);
function XMLDone(event:Event):void {
    var imported_XML:Object = event.target.data.imported_XML;
    imagesXML = new XML(imported_XML);
   MyTextfield_1.text = imagesXML;
   MyTextfield_2.text = imagesXML.image[0].attribute("thumbPath"); // sample reference to attribute "thumbPath" of the first element
php file on domain1.com:
<?php
$xml_file = simplexml_load_file('../../domain2.com/galleries/gallery_1/MyXMLfile.xml'); // directory to XML file on the same server
$imported_XML = $xml_file->asXML();
print "imported_XML=" . $imported_XML;
?>
Regards
PS: for those who read the above discussion: the first and the second script work but you must test which one is better in your situation. The first script will also work between two domains on different servers. No cross domain policy file needed.

How to specify XML declaration in an XML Variable

I had posted this question in the Flex Builder discussion,
but I am not sure if that was the right board, so posting it again
here:
I need to set the XML declaration for my XML variable as
follows:
var employees:XML =
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<employees>
<employee ssn="123-123-1234">
<name first="John" last="Doe"/>
<address>
<street>11 Main St.</street>
<city>San Francisco</city>
<state>CA</state>
<zip>98765</zip>
</address>
</employee>
<employee ssn="789-789-7890">
<name first="Mary" last="Roe"/>
<address>
<street>99 Broad St.</street>
<city>Newton</city>
<state>MA</state>
<zip>01234</zip>
</address>
</employee>
</employees>;
However, if I specify <?xml version="1.0"
encoding="utf-8"?>, I get a design time and compile error. If I
remove it it works fine. But the server to which I send this XML is
expecting the declaration. How can I set the declaration?
Any help or pointer is appreciated.

I am not able to load the xml. Can anybody figure out the
problem :
I have used a LoadXML class :
package {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*;
// Demonstrates the code required to load external XML
public class LoadXML extends Sprite {
// The property that will eventually contain the loaded XML
private var novel:XML;
// The object used to load the XML
private var urlLoader:URLLoader;
// Constructor
public function LoadXML () {
// Specify the location of the external XML
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("novel.xml");
// Create an object that can load external text data
urlLoader = new URLLoader();
// Register to be notified when the XML finishes loading
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
completeListener);
// Load the XML
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
// Method invoked automatically when the XML finishes
loading
private function completeListener(e:Event):void {
// The string containing the loaded XML is stored in the
URLLoader
// object's data property (urlLoader.data). To create a new
XML
// instance from that loaded string, we pass it to the XML
constructor
novel = new XML(urlLoader.data);
trace(novel.toXMLString()); // Display the loaded XML, now
converted
// to an XML object
And in main.mxml :
myXml = new LoadXml ;
trace ( myXml.novel ) ;
The output is errenous

Loading XML using a custom class and accessing it from other classes?

I began with a class for a movie clip rollover function
FigureRollOver. It works marvellously. Three things happen:
1) it loads XML from a file "mod1_fig1.xml" and uses another
class, XMLMember, to retool the scoping of the XML so that I can
get at it
2) an onload call inside of XMLMember calls the myOnLoad
function and transfers the XML into an array.
3) so long as the array is finished building, rolling over a
movie clip attaches a new movie clip with the rollover text in it.
But I don't want all those functions in one because I need it
to be more dynamic, starting with being able to load any old xml
file instead of just "mod1_fig1.xml", plus it seems like
overbuilding to have all of that in one class, so I've separated
out the loading of the XML and building of the array into its own
class, FigureXMLLoader. FigureRollOver is then left to just attach
the rollover with text in it, extracted from the array built by the
new class.
Problem is, though the array builds inside FigureXMLLoader, I
can't figure out how to make it available outside the class. I know
that I'm constructing things in the wrong order, and that the array
needs to be somehow built inside the class function to be
available, but I can't figure out how to do that. A cruddy
work-around is to put a function call at the end of the building of
the array, which calls yet ANOTHER function on the main timeline of
my .swf to put the array I've just built into a new variable. This
works, but it's messy. It seems like I should be able to have one
line of script in the .swf that generates an array on the main
timeline (or just a public array) which I can then access from my
FigureRollOver class:
var myRollOvers:Array = new FigureXMLLoader("mod1_fig1.xml");
Here is FigureXMLLoader (see comments in the code for more
details) which obviously does not return an array as it is, because
of all the working around I've had to do. Note the "testing"
variable, which can be traced from the main timeline of the .swf,
but I will get "not what I want" because of course the array hasn't
been built yet, and never will be, inside of the declaration as it
is. How do I get it in there so I can return an array?
Thanks!

Suggest you ask this question in the Actionscript forum as
this forum is
more tuned to database integration questions.
You can create arrays outside a class and pass them into it
by reference and
visa versa build arrays inside a class and pass out via
reference.
The preferred approach is to place the array in a class and
not expose it.
Then add methods to use the array or should we say to use the
class.
Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
Flash, Actionscript and Flash Media Server examples:
http://flashexamples.hosfordusa.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
"maija_g" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Update: I've now put this on the main timeline of the
.swf:
>
> myRollOversLoaded = false;
> var myRollOvers:Array;
> var roll_content = new FigureXMLLoader("mod1_fig1.xml");
>
> And inside the "myOnLoad" function in FigureXMLLoader,
just after the
> while
> loop I've put this:
>
> _root.myRollOversLoaded = true;
> _root.myRollOvers = figure_arr;
>
> The movie clip rollover won't act until
myRollOversLoaded is true. It
> works,
> but it still seems klugey. Any suggestions for a more
elegant solution
> would be
> appreciated.
>

AS3.0 External Interface: Pass variables to flash using javascript

Hello all,
I am looking for a simple and straightfoward example of how I can pass the value of a variable into flash using javascript.
Specifically, I'd like to use javascript to pass the filename of an external video file that I would like to load into my flash movie.
I'd also like to call a function in the SWF that plays the movie once the filename as been passed to the flash movie.
External Inferface looks like the way to go.
I've found a few decent AS2.0 examples, but converting them to AS3.0 has proven difficult and many of the examples are much too complex for what I am trying to do.
If you have any code samples or tutorials showing the HTML/Javascript and the associated actionscript I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks!
Tim

if you create a swf (eiTest.swf) and html:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
    <head>
        <title>eiTest</title>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
        <script language="JavaScript">
         function thisMovie(movieName) {
         if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) {
             return window[movieName];
         } else {
             return document[movieName];
     function f1(value) {
         thisMovie("eiTest").jsF(value);
</script>
    </head>
         <body onload="f1('yourfilename.ext');">
     <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
             id="eiTest" width="550" height="400"
             codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab">
         <param name="movie" value="eiTest.swf" />
         <param name="quality" value="high" />
         <param name="bgcolor" value="#869ca7" />
         <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
         <embed src="eiTest.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#869ca7"
             width="550" height="400" name="eiTest" align="middle"
             play="true" loop="false" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
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             pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
         </embed>
     </object>
    </body>
</html>
you can use:
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.addCallback("jsF", asF);
function asF(fileS:String):void{
trace(fileS);

Send variable to Flash from HTML link

Does anyone know if it's possible to include a variable in an
html link <a> tag that can set a variable in Flash. I have
used JavaScript to do this in the past but would prefer not to on
this site. I also would prefer not have to use a server side script
or xml, as all I want to do is set multiple links on one html page
to open the same Flash movie on another html page, but make it go
to a particular frame or load a particular external swf based on
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You need to use them in the object and embed tags.
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> Do I need to use Flash Vars in the object and embed code
to load them in
> or will they automatically be passed to the variable on
the _root level of
> the SWF file? Thanks for your quick reply, JD

Loading XML in AS3

OK, so I think I have the basics of loading XML in AS3. But I
can't seem to access the info once it is loaded. I'm using the to
load the .xml file:
var myXML:XML = new XML();
var XML_URL:String = "music.xml";
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XML_URL);
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void
myXML = XML(myLoader.data);
trace("Data loaded.");
But when I go to trace the .xml file with this:
trace(myXML.toXMLString());
I get nothing. However, if I place this trace inside the
xmlLoaded function it traces it out. My problem is I want access to
the info outside of that function. What am I doing wrong? Any
advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

backpages,
> But when I go to trace the .xml file with this:
>
> trace(myXML.toXMLString());
>
> I get nothing.
This looks like a matter of timing. Your first five lines
are
encountered one after the other, starting with var myXML
through
myLoader.addEventListener(), which calls a function defined
immediately
below that. The function is called when the "complete" event
is dispatched,
which may take longer or shorter depending on the size of the
XML document
and network traffic. If you put a trace() statement
immediately below that,
Flash will execute that too -- and at the moment it does,
your XML document
hasn't loaded yet.
> However, if I place this trace inside the xmlLoaded
function it
> traces it out. My problem is I want access to the info
outside
> of that function. What am I doing wrong?
I copy/pasted your code exactly, then followed it with this:
var t:Timer = new Timer(5000);
t.addEventListener(
TimerEvent.TIMER,
function():void {
trace(myXML);
t.start();
... which waits five seconds, then runs that trace(). Sure
enough, it
outputs the XML contents.
If you want to use the myXML variable elsewhere in your
movie, you just
have to make sure those other locations don't reference the
variable until
it has a value (or account for a lack of value in the logic
they use). You
might, for example, put a stop() action in frame one, along
with the
existing code (and instead of my timer), then have the
"complete" event
handler issue a play() action. In later frames, the myXML
variable would
have the data you need, because the playhead won't advance
until the data
have been loaded.
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Loading xml data before any other code

I am able to load xml but i want to load xml data before any other code so that i can use xml data in other time line......
In output i am getting like that.....
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii in vertical
xmlData.servername in verr=undefined
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii in vertical
xmlData.servername in verr=undefined
sunil
sunil
sunil
sunil
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii in vertical
xmlData.servername in verr=DIN66003188
sunil
sunil
sunil
sunil
xmlData.servername   is loading so late that it is taking undefined value.
So please suggest somthing.

the code is like that
import com.utils.GlobalVarContainer;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
var _xml:XML;
var xmlData:XML = new XML();
loadXMLFile();
var server;
var msgListGroup:XMLList;
    function loadXMLFile():void
   var loader= new URLLoader(new URLRequest("server.xml"));
   loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadedCompleteHandler);
   function loadedCompleteHandler(e:Event):void
   xmlData = new XML(e.target.data);
     GlobalVarContainer.vars.servername=xmlData.servername;
   GlobalVarContainer.vars.projectname=xmlData.projectname;
   msgListGroup=xmlData.servername;
i want to use this GlobalVarContainer.vars.servername within other movieclip.....so i m taking global variable but it is also not working.
this i m using in other movieclip...
var localhost=GlobalVarContainer.vars.servername;
var prjectName=GlobalVarContainer.vars.projectname;
compare_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,compare_btnClick);
function compare_btnClick(e:Event){
trace("hi");
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://"+localhost+":8080/"+prjectName+"/web/vertical45.jsp?page=1"), "_self");
and this i cant put in COMPLETE event handler function bcoz this compare_btn code is in three frame.
plz advise.

Need help with loading XML file

Hello,
I have been browsing the web/forums for an example on how to do this for a few days now. I managed to get this working in Flash Pro quite easily but I think I am missing something when I want to do the same thing in Flex.
Basically I want to load an XML file and then set the text values of 5 labels equal to the data in the XML file.
So I a button created in MXML and have set the click event as follows:
     click="dsSetup(event)"
I have also declared the following:
     public var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("assets/myFile.xml");   //folder located under src in project
     public var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
     public var myXML:XML;
My function that loads is as follows:
public function dsSetup(event:MouseEvent):void
     trace ("dsSetup");
     myXML = new XML (myLoader.data);
     h3.text = myXML.source.itemA;
     h4.text = myXML.source.itemB;
     h5.text = myXML.source.itemC;
     h7.text = myXML.source.itemD;
     h8.text = myXML.source.itemE;
     currentState = 'MainMenu';
myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, dsSetup);   // I think this line is now redundant as I have set it in the MXML
myLoader.load(myRequest);
This is the way I did it in Flash and it worked ok but I must be missing something in when it comes to Flex.
Can someone explain or point me to a good tutorial that shows how to load XML in Flex?
The ones I found seem to have about 50 lines of code just to load a file and add in way to much complexity for a beginner.
Many Thanks

I would suggest to save the loaded data in a Bindable variable and then to bind the text-properties to that:
[Bindable]
var myXML:XML;
public function dsSetup(event:MouseEvent):void
     myXML = new XML (myLoader.data);
     currentState = 'MainMenu';
<s:Label text="{myXML.source.itemA}"/>

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