Need help with setting a variable using xml

Question

So I am trying to import in XML and this is working fine, But
once in flash I need to reference this variable in a later script.
Here is what I got.
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
/////this is the variable, which is working, it pulls the
info from the xml document properly.
var node1 =
this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
////another variable, etc...
var node2 =
this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
/////when traced it outputs the proper value.
trace(node1);
////////does not work here though.
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("co.xml");
var latmin = 37;
var latmax = 41;
var lonmin = -109;
var lonmax = -102;
this.geoPlotter_gp.setRange(latmin, latmax, lonmin, lonmax);
this.geoPlotter_gp.setNodeSymbol("geoPloterNodeSymbol");
this.geoPlotter_gp.addNode(40.48, -107);
////////////////This is where I need to now use the variables
defined above//////////////
this.geoPlotter_gp.addNode(node1);// Boulder
this.geoPlotter_gp.addNode(node2);// Denver
/////any ideas all? I am sure this is something simple...I am
just overlooking something.

Answer 1

var node1 is a local variable to the loadXML function and not
visible
outside the function.
Place var node1 on the timeline say in Frame 1 and it will be
visible to all
functions on the timeline.
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So I am trying to import in XML and this is working fine, But
once in flash
I
need to reference this variable in a later script. Here is
what I got.
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
/////this is the variable, which is working, it pulls the
info from the xml
document properly.
var node1 =
this.firstChild.childNodes.childNodes.firstChild.nodeValue;
////another variable, etc...
var node2 =
this.firstChild.childNodes.childNodes.firstChild.nodeValue;
/////when traced it outputs the proper value.
trace(node1);
////////does not work here though.
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("co.xml");
var latmin = 37;
var latmax = 41;
var lonmin = -109;
var lonmax = -102;
this.geoPlotter_gp.setRange(latmin, latmax, lonmin, lonmax);
this.geoPlotter_gp.setNodeSymbol("geoPloterNodeSymbol");
this.geoPlotter_gp.addNode(40.48, -107);
////////////////This is where I need to now use the
variables defined
above//////////////
this.geoPlotter_gp.addNode(node1);// Boulder
this.geoPlotter_gp.addNode(node2);// Denver
/////any ideas all? I am sure this is something simple...I
am just
overlooking
something.