Xml file not displaying.

Question

Hello all,
Pls i am trying to work on an example that displays some pics in form of slide show. Everything worked fine till i got to a point of displaying the content of an xml file. I tried all i could but things did not work out. someone pls help, i am frustrated. Below re my codes.
test.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wedshow>
<audio source="devpics/mus.mp3 />
<photo duration="10" source="devpics/test.jpg" />
<photo duration="20" source="devpics/tes.jpg" />
<photo duration="20" source="devpics/testA.jpg" />
</wedshow>
WedShowPlayer2.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" xmlns:MyComp="*" layout="absolute" initialize="init();">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
private function init():void {
service.send();
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:HTTPService id="service" url="component/test.xml" resultFormat="e4x" result="show.loadShow(
XML(event.result) ); show.playShow();" />
<MyComp:WedShow id="show" width="100%" height="100%" horizontalCenter="0"/>
</mx:Application>
WedShow.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" verticalScrollPolicy="off">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import flash.display.Loader;
[Bindable]
private var _xml:XML;
private var photos:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
private var sound:Sound;
private var iLoaded:uint = 1;
private var isLoaded:Boolean = false;
private var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000,0);
private var photoIndex:int = 0;
private var nextPhotoTime:int = 1;
public function playShow():void {
if(isLoaded) {
play.visible = false;
timer = new Timer(1000,0);
timer.addEventListener( TimerEvent.TIMER, onTime );
timer.start();
if(sound!=null) {sound.play();}
} else { loadShow( _xml ); }
private function onTime( event:TimerEvent ):void {
if( event.currentTarget.currentCount == nextPhotoTime ) {
if( photos.length > photoIndex ) {
image.load(Loader(photos[photoIndex]).content);
// using e4x to access the photo duration attribute
nextPhotoTime += int(_xml.photo[photoIndex].@duration);
photoIndex++;
} else {
stopShow();
public function stopShow():void {
timer.stop();
timer.reset();
image.source="";
SoundMixer.stopAll();
photoIndex = 0;
nextPhotoTime = 1;
play.visible = true;
public function loadShow( xml:XML ):void {
_xml = xml;
photos = new ArrayCollection();
iLoaded = 1;
isLoaded = false;
photoIndex = 0;
nextPhotoTime = 1;
progress.visible = true;
play.visible = false;
for each(var photoNode:XML in _xml.photo) {
var photo:Loader = new Loader();
photo.load(new URLRequest(photoNode.@source));
photo.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
onProgress);
photo.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
onComplete);
photos.addItem(photo);
progress.label="Loading Image " + iLoaded +" of " + photos.length + ".";
private function onProgress( event:ProgressEvent ):void {
var loaded:Number = 0;
var total:Number = 0;
if(iLoaded<photos.length) {
for each(var item:Loader in photos) {
loaded += item.contentLoaderInfo.bytesLoaded;
total += item.contentLoaderInfo.bytesTotal;
} else {
loaded = event.bytesLoaded;
total = event.bytesTotal;
progress.setProgress(loaded,total);
private function onComplete( event:Event ):void {
if(iLoaded<photos.length) {
iLoaded++;
progress.label="Loading Image " + iLoaded + "of" +
photos.length;
} else if (sound==null && _xml.audio[0].@source!="") {
sound = new Sound();
sound.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgress);
sound.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
sound.load(new URLRequest(_xml.audio[0].@source));
progress.label="Loading Audio";
} else {
progress.visible = false;
play.visible = true;
isLoaded = true;
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:LinkButton id="play" label="Play" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0" visible="false" color="0xFFFFFF" />
<mx:ProgressBar id="progress" mode="manual" width="60%" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0" color="0xFFFFFF" />
<mx:Image id="image" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"/>
</mx:Canvas>
anyone pls help
thanks in anticipation
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Answer 1

hey try out this link it may help you
http://www.judahfrangipane.com/blog/2007/01/01/error-2044-unhandled-ioerrorevent-texterror -2038-file-io-error/
thanks & regards
gajanan
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