Using Flash variable in Javascript problem

Question

I want Flash to load a rss feed and hand it to Javascript
which will do the parsing and rendering. AFAIK Javaswcript can't
load external documents and include them into the current html page
for some security reasons. So I try this approach.
I attached the code I have. My Problem is that Flash does
pass the variable to javascript but the document.write overwrites
everything else in the current html document.
I don't want to work with popups for obvious reasons. The
variable must be included in the _current_ document.
Can anyone give me a hint how to get this working properly?

Answer 1

What is happening is the XML file is getting cached by the browser.
There are a few different ways to fix this, but this is what I have found to be the easiest.
In the Actionscript, where the call to load the xml is, append a random string to the end of the call.
so:
(This is AS2 code - so a conversion is necessary if using AS3)
myXML.load("http://path/to/xml.xml?r="+Math.round(Math.random()*99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999));
What this will do is tell the browser that you are calling a unique file every time you try to load the xml, which will forcefully bypass the cached version.