[thelist] Flash 5 and XML

[John Dowdell]

At 6:16 PM 11/1/0, Anthony Baratta wrote:
>The "if (productXML.loaded)" always evaluates to false. Any clues would be
>appreciated.
>
>
>Flash 5 Code.....
>
>// Load Products
>productXML = new XML();
>productXML.load("products.xml");
>if (productXML.loaded) {
>        [snip]
>         }
>     }
>} else {
>     products = "failed to load XML";
>}


Sorry, net retrieval is an asynchronous process... the script would likely
execute much, much faster than the net retrieval would!

I'm typing from Eudora, rather than from a test, but try looping around
until the thing loads:

  if (!productXML) {
    //  init XML object
  }

  if (productXML.loaded) {
    //  process data
  } else {
    goToAndPlay(_currentFrame);
  }


The first test catches the initialization and will only start the retrieval
on the first time through the loop. If the data is loaded it will be
processed and the movie will progress... until it's loaded, we'll keep
checking on this single frame.

How does this work out for what you've got there...?

jd





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