Mike,
take the XMLList that you have and run a for each loop on it looking for a
match at the name attribute
for each (var element:XML in FloorPlanData.floor){
if(eleme...@name == thisLabel){
return element
}
}
or something along those lines
Hope this is what you were asking
greg
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for replying, Cor. Yes, when the xml is loaded, the Event.COMPLETE
> function gets fired. That part isn't the problem because I'm already doing
> other things with the XML. It's just this bit that I can't get an XMLList
> for.
>
> What really happens is Sprites within a ScrollPane component get a
> MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP event, and these sprites contain a TextField that has a
> string.
> Here's the real function below. The string gets passed no problem. I just
> can't get an XMLList built.
>
> Thanks!
> - Michael M.
>
> private function onClick(m:MouseEvent):void{
> // no problem here
> var thisLabel:String = TextField(m.target["getChildAt"](1)).text;
> // should I build an XMLList containing everything first?
> // no problem here either
> trace(FloorplanData..floor);
> // traces nothing
> trace(FloorplanData..*.((hasOwnProperty("name")) &&
> (attribute("name")==thisLabel)));
> }
>
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