How to parse RSS Feed - Different URL for each button
I'm making an app with AS3 and I want to be able to load a different RSS Feed when the user clicks on each button. This is the code I have so far, has anyone any idea how I can modify my code to do this? here's my code so far: //IMPORT CLASSES import fl.controls.List; import flash.net.URLLoader; import flash.events.Event; import flash.net.URLRequest; cGOSSIP.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doClick); function doClick (e:MouseEvent):void { cGOSSIP.gotoAndStop ("GOSSIP"); } wNEWS.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doClick2); function doClick2 (e: MouseEvent):void { wNEWS.gotoAndStop ("WORLD NEWS"); } eNEWS.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doClick3); function doClick3 (e: MouseEvent):void { eNEWS.gotoAndStop ("ENT NEWS"); } fbNEWS.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doClick4); function doClick4 (e: MouseEvent):void { fbNEWS.gotoAndStop ("FB NEWS"); } //NEWSLIST FORMATTING var newsListTf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); newsListTf.font = "Verdana"; newsListTf.color = 0xFFFFFF; newsListTf.size = 18; newsListTf.align = "left"; newsList.setRendererStyle("textFormat", newsListTf); newsList.rowHeight = 100; newsList.allowMultipleSelection = false; //newsList.wordWrap = true; //NEWSDISPLAY TEXT AREA FORMATTING var rssStoryTf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); rssStoryTf.font = "Verdana"; rssStoryTf.color = 0x6699CC; rssStoryTf.size = 22; rssStoryTf.align = "left"; rssStory.setStyle("textFormat", rssStoryTf); //READMORE BUTTON FORMATTING var buttonTf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); buttonTf.font = "Verdana"; buttonTf.color = 0xFFFFFF; buttonTf.size = 22; btn_ReadMore.setStyle("textFormat", buttonTf); //RSS FEED var rssLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); var rssURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("http://rssfeeds.tv.adobe.com/adobe-higher-education-solutions.xml"); rssLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, rssLoaded); newsList.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, selectRssStory); btn_ReadMore.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goToURL); rssLoader.load(rssURL); var newsXML:XML = new XML(); var currentStoryURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(); newsXML.ignoreWhitespace = true; function rssLoaded(evt:Event):void { newsXML = new XML(rssLoader.data); //trace(newsXML); for(var item:String in newsXML.channel.item) { //newsList.addItem({label: newsXML.channel.item[item].pubDate.substr(0, 16) //+": " + newsXML.channel.item[item].title } ); newsList.addItem({label: newsXML.channel.item[item].title.substr(0, 40) +" ..." } ); } newsList.selectedIndex = 0; //FIRST LOAD currentStoryURL = new URLRequest(newsXML.channel.item[0].link); rssStory.htmlText = newsXML.channel.item[0].description; } function selectRssStory(evt:Event):void { rssStory.htmlText = newsXML.channel.item[evt.target.selectedIndex ].description; currentStoryURL = new URLRequest(newsXML.channel.item[evt.target.selectedIndex ].link); } function goToURL(event:MouseEvent):void { navigateToURL(currentStoryURL); } |
