Using external XML to load an swf

Here's the deal - I have a main SWF with lots of loaders. Can
a hyperlink in an external XML file load another external swf in
the root flash doc? I have a list of links load in main SWF from an
external XML file. From these links, I'd like to load other
external SWFs in the main flash document. I can get the XML links
to control my browser... can I get them to control what happens in
my flash doc?
Thanks!

nothing in an xml file can load anything. but you can load a
string that you use in your swf indicate which target file to
load.

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orausern wrote:
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<drug>drug 1...</drug>
<drug>drug 2...</drug>
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DRUGBANK_XML CLOB
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drugbank_xml CHAR(50000000) terminated by '</partners>'
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No, the content inside quotes is spanned across multiple lines....there are line breaks after every html tag.
"What's the error message you are getting?"
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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
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> If the XML is on your server reference it relatively to
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"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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     at facebookgame.entity.ShotEntity.<init>(ShotEntity.java:62)
     at facebookgame.InGameState.Enter(InGameState.java:75)
     at facebookgame.FacebookApp.changeToState(FacebookApp.java:258)
     at facebookgame.MenuState.CheckPlayerInput(MenuState.java:106)
     at facebookgame.MenuState.StateCycle(MenuState.java:139)
     at facebookgame.FacebookApp.gameLoop(FacebookApp.java:212)
     at facebookgame.FacebookApp.access$200(FacebookApp.java:17)
     at facebookgame.FacebookApp$1.run(FacebookApp.java:60)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: http://www.zita.be/users_error/
     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.deploy.net.CrossDomainXML$2.run(Unknown Source)
     ... 22 moreHopefully some1 can help me :).
Edited by: Veko on Dec 7, 2008 2:51 PM

But why is it possible then to succesfully acces the .xml file with a non-web applet
This code reads the file perfectly of my webspace...
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.URL;
public class XMLHandler {
     public static void SearchXml(){
        try{
            InputStream filesource = new URL("http://users.telenet.be/decoy/FacebookApp/xml/BulletType.xml").openStream();
            System.out.println("found input source");
            byte[] readIn = new byte[8];
            int bytesRead = filesource.read(readIn);
            OutputStream stream = System.out;
            while(bytesRead != -1){
                 stream.write(readIn);
                 bytesRead = filesource.read(readIn);
        } catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
     public static void main(String[] args){
          SearchXml();
}it returns the contents of the xml perfectly
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bulletList>
<bullet type="1">
     <speed>1.0f</speed>
     <size>O.65f</size>
     <damage>1</damage>
     <texture>"res/shot.png"</texture>
     <sound>"blah.ogg"</sound>
</bullet>
<bullet type="2">
     <speed>1.5f</speed>
     <size>O.65f</size>
     <damage>1</damage>
     <texture>"res/shot.png"</texture>
     <sound>"blah.ogg"</sound>
</bullet>
</bulletList>Does a applet in a browser have somekind of weird restriction that I haven't heard of yet ?
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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