Embedding in XML 1

[chippajones]

I have an XML driven Flash website.

I'd like one of the pages to have my Twitter feed and my LiveJournal. Twitter has this widget (

http://twitter.com/widgets/profile_flash_widget

) and LiveJournal has all these embed options (

http://community.livejournal.com/howto/34867.html

), but I can't get ANYTHING to work.

I'm totally new to XML.

Thanks!
C.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

I suppose you can just load the Twitter SWF into your movie, or load the feed XML from Twitter into your movie and do whatever you like with it.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[chippajones]

Kennethkawamoto,

Any resources you can point me to for accomplishing that?

Thanks,
C.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Option 1 or 2?

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[chippajones]

I'll take info for both options if you have any insight.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

OK, here's how to load Twitter Widget into your Flash movie.

//Document Class
package movie {
	
    import flash.display.Loader;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.system.Security;
	
    public class Test extends Sprite {
		
        public function Test():void {
			init();
        }
        
        private function init():void {
        	Security.allowDomain("static.twitter.com");
        	
        	var twitterWidgetURL:String = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://static.twitter.com/flash/widgets/profile/TwitterWidget.swf";[/URL]
        	twitterWidgetURL += "?userID=XXXXXXXX&styleURL=http://static.twitter.com/flash/widgets/profile/smooth.xml";
        	
        	var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
        	ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
        	ldr.load(new URLRequest(twitterWidgetURL));
        }
        
        private function loadComplete(e:Event):void {
        	addChild(e.target.content);
        }
    }
}

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk