Flash & XML

[Matty2d]

Good day!, i have a quick question regarding Flash (any version). I'm loading an xml file called flash.xml (generated by some web server @ an address), my issue is what if the file is not available (network issues), i was thinking about loading a temporary local xml file. I'm just learning action scripting, would i use an if statement on XML_var.load("http://IPAddress/flash.xml");?, or is there a better way to do this.

//create the xml object
XML_var = new XML();
// now load up the url.


XML_var.load("http://IPAddress/flash.xml");
// when xml is loaded call functon displayXML

XML_var.onLoad = displayXML;
// display in txt xml is loading
txt = "Loading XML data...";

function displayXML() 
{
    mainTag = new XML;
    elementTag = new XML;
    articleList = new Array;
    elementList = new Array;
    mainTag = this.firstChild.nextSibling;
    articleList = mainTag.childNodes; 
textarea1 = "";


//loop through xml
for(i=0;i<=articleList.length;i++)
	{//start for
		elementList = articleList[i].childNodes;
		//start for
			for(j=0;j<=elementList.length;j++) 
			{//start for
				elementTag = elementList[j];
				head = elementTag.firstChild.nodeValue;
				
				if(elementTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "node1")
				{textarea1 += head;}
				
				if(elementTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "node2")
				{textarea2 += head;}
				
				if(elementTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "node3")
				{textarea3 += head;}
				
				if(elementTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "node4")
				{textarea4 += head;}
				
				if(elementTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "node5")
				{textarea5 += head;}
			
				if(elementTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "node6")
				{textarea6 += head;}
				
				if(elementTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "node7")
				{textarea7 += head;}
			
				if(elementTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "node8")
				{textarea8 += head;}
			
			}//end for

		}//end for

}

Thanks
Mattd

 

[Tabris_Zero]

http://blog.greensock.com/xmlparseras2/

Here's the Actionscript XML parser I use. You can make it so if the first address doesn't load anything, it'll load another XML, but it'll be easier to output an error message to Flash.

 

[matty2des]

Great, thanks for your help.