I don't think you're doing anything wrong, its just that the trace
function only accepts strings as parameters. So when you pass in your
XML variable it would throw an error if you were using a more strict
language like Actionscript 3 (at least I assume it throws an error in
AS3, maybe it actually does the same thing).
However, if you're using AS2, which is less strict, the trace function
expects a string, so it'll try to convert your XML to a string, and it
looks like its successful. It probably runs the XML.toString() method
when it gets to the trace method.
So you're not going to get anything from trace except for a converted
string. And it'll do the same thing in your scriptPath string, because
its going to convert that XML variable to a string.
If you want more control, you might try looping through your XML to
create a more custom string, and then use that.
ben
Paul Steven wrote:
I am trying to convert a string to xml but for some reason when I convert to
xml it only displays the "encoded string". See below the code snippet for
what is traced. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Here is my test file
var encodedString:String = "encoded string";
var XMLString:String;
XMLString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>";
XMLString += "<file>";
XMLString += "<![CDATA[" + encoded string + "]]>";
XMLString += "</file>";
trace ("XMLString = " + XMLString); // Trace 1
var dataToSend:XML = new XML(XMLString);
trace ("dataToSend = " + dataToSend); // Trace 2
var scriptPath:String = uploadUrl + "?xml=" + dataToSend + "&key=" + _key +
"&session=" + _sessionId;
-------------
Trace Results
-------------
1.
XMLString = <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><file><![CDATA[encoded
string]]></file>
2.
encoded string
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