xml flash

[mmmbob]

This is prolly not possible in flash, but I thought i'd ask just for shits and giggles.
Would it be possible to write a callback in flash, where the funtion is defined in xml and is assigned to a variable when read into flash, while that variable acts as a place holder in flash.

So say i have a method <func><![CDATA[foobar() {....
}]]></func>
coming in from xml.
can I do something to the effect of: bar = <node that equals the fucntion foobar() coming in from xml>
and use bar everywhere in the actionscript code......
Thanks.

 

[billwatson]

not sure if this is what you are asking but no reason why you cant pass an action (loadmovie say) as part of an xml node

with a piece of xml like this

<item name=&quot;something or other&quot; action=&quot;loadMovie&quot; movie=&quot;some.swf&quot; />
</item>

this is ok in flash

if(item.data.action == &quot;loadMovie&quot {
holder.loadMovie(item.data.movie);
mytext.text = item.data.name;
}

 

[mmmbob]

nope...what i was asking was more like.
<page>
<func> foobar(){ trace(&quot;foobar&quot; }
</func>
</page>

then in flash
bar = page.childNode.nodeValue;

and then using bar all over the place to print foobar.

 

[billwatson]

only other reliable method i can think of is to use asfunction in the xml. then by placing that node in a textfield it becomes clickable and can then call an actionscript function.

that would allow you to name a function and pass parameters to it through xml

 

[mmmbob]

thanks, but you explain that a bit more...i don't think i completely follow you.

 

[billwatson]

it would work like this

xml side

<Func>asfunction:testing,1</Func>


flash

function testing(x){
if(x==1)
trace(&quot;Function Called&quot
}


any clearer?

 

[mmmbob]

i got this example but i wnat the behaviour to be reversed. where the function is called in the flash side, but defined in the xml side.......does that make sense?
Thanks for the help so far.

 

[billwatson]

makes sense ok....cant think of any method to get it done...i suspect asfunction is as close as you will get