XML vs FLASHMX 2

[bubu]

Hello guys!
I have a little problem:

I want to make a "news bar" ...something like CNN television(in the lower
part of the screen there is a bar where the news is showing up).
The problem is that i want to read the data from an xml document.
My xml document will look something like this:
<flights>
<f Destination=&quot;MADRID&quot; Price=&quot;145&quot;/>
<f Destination=&quot;PARIS&quot; Price=&quot;130&quot;/>
<f Destination=&quot;BUCHAREST&quot; Price=&quot;110&quot;/>
</flights>
...and so on
In flash i want this data to appear something like this:
MADRID 145 :: PARIS 130 :: BUCHAREST 110
and the flash movie to update the data read from the xml document.

Any suggestion will be appreciated. Regards,
Dragos.

http://www.inwww.ltd.uk

 

[wangbar]

You need to create a new XML object in Flash and then load the data into it.

//set up XML
flightsXML = new XML();
flightsXML.ignoreWhite = true;
flightsXML.onLoad = convertXML;
flightsXML.load('flights.xml');
//counter
numFlights=3;
//set up arrays to store values
destinationArray = new Array();
priceArray = new Array();
//callback function to parse XML document
function convertXML() {
if (flightsXML.loaded) {
for (i=0; i<numFlights; i++) {
destinationArray = flightsXML.firstChild.childNodes.attributes.Destination;
priceArray = flightsXML.firstChild.childNodes.attributes.Price;
}
} else {
convertXML();
}
}

You can output this later in the movie as a string with something like this:

for(i=0;i<numFlights;i++){
output+=destinationArray+&quot; &quot;+priceArray+&quot;::&quot;;
}

Remember that if you're loading the XML in from a remote file you'll have to loose the backslash escape characters as Flash won't read the data correctly otherwise - you only need these if the XML is stored in Flash as a string like myXML=new XML(&quot;<f Destination=&quot;MADRID&quot; Price=&quot;145&quot;/>&quot;

 

[wangbar]

Let's try that again without TGML screwing it up...

//set up XML
flightsXML = new XML();
flightsXML.ignoreWhite = true;
flightsXML.onLoad = convertXML;
flightsXML.load('flights.xml');
//counter
numFlights=3;
//set up arrays to store values
destinationArray = new Array();
priceArray = new Array();
//callback function to parse XML document
function convertXML() {
    if (flightsXML.loaded) {
        for (i=0; i<numFlights; i++) {
            destinationArray = flightsXML.firstChild.childNodes.attributes.Destination;
            priceArray = flightsXML.firstChild.childNodes.attributes.Price;
        }
    } else {
        convertXML();
    }
}

You can output this later in the movie as a string with something like this:

for(i=0;i<numFlights;i++){
output+=destinationArray+&quot; &quot;+priceArray+&quot;::&quot;;
}

Remember that if you're loading the XML in from a remote file you'll have to loose the backslash escape characters as Flash won't read the data correctly otherwise - you only need these if the XML is stored in Flash as a string like myXML=new XML(&quot;<f Destination=&quot;MADRID&quot; Price=&quot;145&quot;/>&quot;

 

[BigBadDave]

Yeah that is basically the same as I sent to your email Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[BigBadDave]

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk/tek-tips/inwww/Flights.swf

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk/tek-tips/inwww/Flights.xml

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk/tek-tips/inwww/Flights.fla

Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[bubu]

David!

For some reason the .fla and .xml files are not working properly on my machine....nothing is displayed in the browser.

Where am i doing wrong?

How can i continuosly scroll the text in the textbox from right to left with actionscript?
Regards,
Dragos.

http://www.inwww.ltd.uk

 

[bubu]

Anyway thank you both for the solutions!

Regards,
Dragos.

http://www.inwww.ltd.uk

 

[BigBadDave]

I don't know whats wrong with the fla, except I made it in Flash 5 Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com