Linking to xml rows from two different swf's

[dlivadpg]

Hey Guys,

Is there any way to link a button within flash to go to a specific record in a XML file loaded by a second swf? I have an XML file that has articles, and I display the titles of the top three current ones on the main page. Is there a way to go to the specific article based on what link is pressed?

Any help would be appreciated...

thanks

 

[billwatson]

how are you displaying the records (datagrid or combo or list box etc) and which version of flash.... mx or 2004

 

[dlivadpg]

I am using flash mx and I would like to click on buttons to go to the page with the news articles with the selected news article displayed. It would be similar to the following format:

http://www.badboyonline.com/flashindex.htm

 

[billwatson]

just pass the node name you want to load as a query string and have the second swf loop through the node names until it finds the match

can post some code if you display structure of xml file

 

[dlivadpg]

thanks alot for your help, here is the XML code structure I have been using:

<news>
<article>
<image>images/article1.jpg</image>
<title>Article 1</title>
<desc>Article goes here</desc>
<caption>Article Image Caption</caption>
</article>
<article>
<image>images/article2.jpg</image>
<title>Article 2</title>
<desc>Article goes here</desc>
<caption>Article Image Caption</caption>
</article>
</news>

 

[dlivadpg]

Ok...I get how to loop the second swf until it gets the value. What I do not get is how to send the node with the query string. Is it as simple as:

on (release){
loadMovie("news.swf?node=1");
}

 

[billwatson]

if i get time tomorrow i will sort out the code and post it

 

[dlivadpg]

thank u...thank you very much

 

[billwatson]

sorry i hoped to have time to give you a comlete solution but time runs on and the bar may run out of beer [unlikely but why take the chance]


you are on the right lines as far as passing the parameter is concerned

if the xml file is small then just loop through the childnodes until you hit a match

if its large then you will want to alter the structure of the xml file

there is an excellent xml post....with maybe 70+ replys to trawl through on the board right now

if that still dont solve the problem then hangover permitting i will put an example togther in the morning