Hi Dane,
Here are some thoughts for you to try. First off since you are not
actually working with a display object you don't need this class to extend
sprite. The easiest way to give the class the ability to send out events
is to have it extend EventDispatcher and then you can have it dispatch
events as required... here is you sample pared down a bit, just dealing
with xml
package {
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*;
public class fileImports extends EventDispatcher {
public var newStyleSheet:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
public var newXML:XML = new XML();
public function fileImports(xmlFile:String):void {
var xmlToLoad:URLRequest=new URLRequest(xmlFile);
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
xmlLoader.load(xmlToLoad);
//event listeners
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,xmlLoaded);
}
public function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {
newXML = XML(event.target.data);
dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.COMPLETE));
}
}
}
then in the movie calling the class
var tFile = new fileImports("data/xml/presenter1.xml");
tFile.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlDone);
function xmlDone(e:Event){
trace("done");
}
hth,
Rob
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:25:05 -0400, Dane Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
My problem is I don't know how to "listen" to the class
from the main timeline to find out if the class is finished processing
the
XML. Right now if I try to use "fileForThis.newXML" I get a value of
null.
But if I put a trace on newXML in the class, it shows the content of my
XML
file.
I have gotten this to work on other projects because I haven't tried to
use
the data immediately - so the data has time to "process" before it's put
into a text field, etc.
I appreciate any help I can get on this. Thanks!
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