Xml appendChild goes nuts?

Question

Hello all,
when copying nodes from one XML object to another using appendChild(), sometimes the copied nodes aren't put at the end of the XML object.
I've added a file to test this:
Put a number into the field, ranging from 1 to 3, and click addNode.
It copies a specific node (FileID = 1,..3) from one XML object to another, and trace shows the result.
If I add 1,2,3,1,2 consecutively, then the last node '2' isn't added at the end of the new XML object, but somewhere in between.
I did find a work around by converting the node to a string and then appending that. But the fact that appending an XML node doesn't always put it at the end of the XML object puzzles me. It looks like a bug, doesn't it?
This is on Flash CS3.
Kind regards,
Henk

Answer 1

Seems the only way around this "bug" is to use an XMLList, like so:
var mxml:XML =
<onlinemedia>
  <ProductFile>
    <FileID>1</FileID>
    <FileName><![CDATA[JC11.jpg]]></FileName>
    <Tooltip><![CDATA[]]></Tooltip>
    <Description><![CDATA[]]></Description>
    <IsMultimedia>false</IsMultimedia>
    <Url><![CDATA[http://www.nn.eu/Handlers/GetFile.ashx?id=239&t=.jpg]]></Url>
    <Episode><![CDATA[act 1]]></Episode>
  </ProductFile>
  <ProductFile>
    <FileID>2</FileID>
    <FileName><![CDATA[JC11.jpg]]></FileName>
    <Tooltip><![CDATA[]]></Tooltip>
    <Description><![CDATA[]]></Description>
    <IsMultimedia>false</IsMultimedia>
    <Url><![CDATA[http://www.nn.eu/Handlers/GetFile.ashx?id=239&t=.jpg]]></Url>
    <Episode><![CDATA[act 1]]></Episode>
  </ProductFile>
  <ProductFile>
    <FileID>3</FileID>
    <FileName><![CDATA[JC11.jpg]]></FileName>
    <Tooltip><![CDATA[]]></Tooltip>
    <Description><![CDATA[]]></Description>
    <IsMultimedia>false</IsMultimedia>
    <Url><![CDATA[http://www.nn.eu/Handlers/GetFile.ashx?id=239&t=.jpg]]></Url>
    <Episode><![CDATA[act 1]]></Episode>
  </ProductFile>
</onlinemedia>;
var exml:XML =
<onlinemedia>
</onlinemedia>;
addn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, addNode);
deln.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, delNode);
function addNode(evt:Event):void {
var lst:XMLList = exml.children();
lst += mxml.ProductFile.(FileID == varb.text);
exml.setChildren(lst)
trace(exml.toXMLString());