visible property and xml

[Wolfie7873]

I have an actionscipt enabled movie that worked just fine under CS2 and is now misbehaving under CS4. I have several ornaments on a tree that I want to control the visibility of through XML and ActionScript. Here's the AS:

import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*;

	
var decorations:XML = new XML();
var XML_URL:String = "tree.xml";
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XML_URL);
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void
{
    decorations = XML(myLoader.data);
    trace("Data loaded.");

// Sets visibility based on XML data.
Star1.visible = decorations.Star1.visible;
Star2.visible = decorations.Star2.visible;

...

// Sets textbox from XML data for each decoration
Star1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function(event) {textbox.text = decorations.Star1.dedication.toString();});
Star1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, out);
Star2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, function(event) {textbox.text = decorations.Star2.dedication.toString();});
Star2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, out);

...

}

function out(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	textbox.text = "";
}

And here's the XML:

<decorations>
	<Star1>
		<visible>true</visible>
		<dedication></dedication>
	</Star1>
	<Star2>
		<visible>false</visible>
		<dedication></dedication>
	</Star2>

...

</decorations>

This used to work great, but now all of the ornaments are visible even where their xml-visibility is false. What gives?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Star1.visible = (decorations.Star1.visible == "true");

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk