refreshing xml data

[Laura MS]

How do you force Flash to refresh its xml data?

I have a Flash app that uploads an xml file using URLLoader() and URLRequest(). But this file gets overwritten every 10-30 minutes with fresh data. The only way I've found so far to view changes in the xml data is to refresh my web page (F5 or Ctrl-->F5). Short of turning to Javascript, isn't there some way for Flash to refresh its xml data?

[rob day]

Try appending the file name, something like this:

var myURL="www.address.com"
myURL =myURL + "?r=" + new Date().getTime().toString();

var PageRequest=new URLRequest(myURL);
var PageLoad:URLLoader=new URLLoader;
PageLoad.load(PageRequest);

[Guest]

If you want the XML to update in Flash, you'll have to set an interval and reload it each interval iteration. This is called "polling" the XML data. Using an XML file there's no way to make the Flash Player in the browser know that the XML has changed without the Flash Player requesting the XML file again.

Use flash.utils.setInterval to reload it every 5 or 10 minutes, for instance:

setInterval(loadData,5*60*1000); // minutes * seconds * milliseconds
function loadData(){
// .. load XML data
}

rob day's advice is also very important in order to keep the Flash Player form caching the XML and not refreshing properly (like when you have to do Ctrl+F5 in the browser.)

HTH

[Emad Zedan]

Good Idea