XML Object dissapearing?!?!

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April 18, 2006
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Hello, All.

I guess I'm just missing something silly, but I have a weird situation where after I've loaded my XML data and looked at the attributes (w/ trace in the loading function), immediately after "successfully" loading the data, it becomes undefined. Anything obvious that I should check for? This is probably the 10th project of this type that I've done, but it's been a version or so since I've messed with Flash & XML. TIA for any help...

Ciao,

-Jei.

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Correct answer Peter Lorent

You probably don't wait for the xml to load and then play the next frame. The first frame should have a stop() and in your function load in the if-leg instruct the movie to play the next frame.

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donaldh98700320

Inspiring

Would have to look at your code to be sure.

Try this

*on load*
function loaded() {
trace(this);
myXML = this.firstChild;
trace(myXML);
}

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eslackerAuthor

Participant

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I have all the loading code (nearly identical to another project from a couple years ago). Here's my code:

function loaded(success){
if (success == true) {
_root.rootNode = testXML.firstChild;
_root.testNode = _root.rootNode;
_root.questionNode = _root.testNode.firstChild;
_root.questionCount = _root.testNode.childNodes.length;
_root.testTitle = _root.testNode.attributes.title;
trace(_root.testTitle);
trace("XML loaded");
trace("Question total: " + _root.questionCount);
trace(_root.questionNode.attributes.qText);
}else{
trace("An error occured while loading XML data.");
}
}

var currentQuestion = 0;
var currentTest = 0;
testXML = new XML();
testXML.load("wd_test1.xml");
testXML.onLoad = loaded;
testXML.ignoreWhite = true;

This all appears in the first frame of the first layer of my movie. In the next frame, I try to set the value of a dynamic text box as such:

questionText.htmlText = _root.questionNode[0].attributes.qText;

What I get in the textbox is "undefined." I've traced the values also (in the same frame as the text value assignment) and it's as if the XML object was never created/loaded.

P

Peter LorentCorrect answer

Inspiring

You probably don't wait for the xml to load and then play the next frame. The first frame should have a stop() and in your function load in the if-leg instruct the movie to play the next frame.

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