Adding a URL button from XML file

[sandisi]

I'm making a photo slideshow that pulls info from an XML doc--including a URL. What is the code to add a link on a Flash button from an XML document?

Here's my XML code for each photo: <url> http://www.yahoo.com</url>

My Flash doc pulls all xml url's in an array like this:

function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
description = [];
url = [];
delay = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image = xmlNode.childNodes.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description = xmlNode.childNodes.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
url = xmlNode.childNodes.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
delay = xmlNode.childNodes.childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue;
}

[kglad]

what's the problem?

[sandisi]

The problem is that my button (url_btn), when pressed, doesn't go to the url indicated in the xml doc.

[Guest]

Set the button function in your loop where you're assigning xml values to arrays.

Cheers,
FlashTastic

[sandisi]

Thank you! :)

Do you happen to know how to open the link into a new browser window using the dynamic link? Putting "url" for the url returns a browser error "url not found on server".

[kglad]

use trace(url+" "+url.length) to see what you're doing.