Just a comment on the XML schema,
You have:
<xml>
<data>
<item></item>
</data>
<data>
<item></item>
</data>
</xml>
But could you not just do it like this?
<xml>
<items>
<item/>
<item/>
<item/>
</items>
</xml>
That would be simpler and create a smaller filesize. Then your number
of items is just (pseudocode) xml.items.item.length
But maybe you don't have control over the XML schema...
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:45 AM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: [Flashcoders] New to the list - got a question
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I'm new to the list, so appologies if I don't get the posting right on
this - but I have
>>a question.
>>
>>I'm trying to load in a set of XML data, manipulate it and then get it
to display on
>>the stage. So far so good on the first two fronts - I can get the data
in and get
>>everything I want out of it.
>>
>>Now the amount of XML is dynamic, so I have pushed the needed data
into an
>>array.
>>
>>For example.
>>
>>XML:
>>
>><xml>
>> <data>
>> <item></item>
>> </data>
>> <data>
>> <item></item>
>> </data>
>></xml>
>>
>>The amount of "data" elements is dynamic (and there is a lot of other
rubbish in
>>the XML) so I've pushed all the "data" elements into an array.
>>
>>So far, so good, I can cycle through the array and access the XML
elements using
>>Xpath.
>>
>>The problem is - for each "data" element, I want to create a new
instance of a
>>MovieClip on the stage (thats already created in the library) and set
varaibles
>>inside it, and change it's X and Y positions.
>>
>>No problems creating it - but I can't access the MovieClip! Because
the data is
>>dymanic, I need to be able to create "x" amount of MovieClips.
>>
>>So I'm using the following code to do this:
>>
>>//For each Data Element in the Array (x = 0; x <
numDataElementsInArray; x++)
>>{
>> var newItemDividerName:String = "itemDividerStageRecord" +x;
>> attachMovie("itemDivider", newItemDividerName ,x);
>>
>>//Now this all works, a newMovieClip is created on the stage (for as
many
>>elements as I have), 10 at the moment
>>
>>}
>>
>>Now the problem is - I then can't access the MovieClip dynamically.
Basically I
>>want to be able to access it by the variable name
>>i've just assigned it.
>>
>>For example - I now have (when it is published), 10 elements on
level0, named
>>itemDividerStageRecord0-9.
>>
>>So I want to set their cords. So what i've been doing is:
>>
>>_root._level0.newItemDividerName._x = nextItemDivider;
//nextItemDivider is a
>>Number which does increment
>>
>>And thats not working at all - nothing is changing.
>>
>>I've traced it down to the name I'm using to access it - if in the
same loop I put:
>>
>>_root._level0.itemDividerStageRecord6._x = nextItemDivider;
>>
>>That works for one MovieClip (obviously).
>>
>>But I want to be able to access each MovieClip dynamically.
>>
>>Is there any way to do this? I want to pass the instance name the
varaible when
>>setting the cord, not use the absolute element name
"newitemDividerName".
>>
>>Please let me know if this is confusing, I can explain better!
>>
>>Cheers.
>>
>>-Jon-
>>
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