The XML file is only called once for the user's experience. On the initial visit from the user, the XML for the UI of the site is called and then the XML for the content is called (RSS feed).
If I can't figure this out, I might just set a cookie via JavaScript and have it clear the contents in -1 days so nothing gets cached from the site. Nathan Mynarcik Interactive Web Developer [email protected] 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karl DeSaulniers Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:42 PM To: Flash List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] NoCache XML Just a thought, but maybe setting the variable that holds the XML you grab from the server to "null" right before it goes to grab the XML every time the page gets called. That way it isn't holding on to the last XML grabbed?? It might be going to grab the xml while that variable already has a value and the browser is tripping it to clear the variable before populating it again, but doesn't have that second call after its cleared till you refresh. Kind of a pseudo variable caching. Like I said, its just a thought. Not sure if that is even possible. I am reaching though, I have had similar situations with my PHP files not getting variables, so I am interested to see what solution can be provided. Best, Karl On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Nathan Mynarcik wrote: I've tested it in all browsers. IE, Safari, Opera, Chrome, FireFox Anything else I don't really care about. But first tests are in chrome and it is doing it in that. IE has been the worse but all work after refreshing one or two times. ------Original Message------ From: Steven Sacks To: Nathan Mynarcik To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] NoCache XML Sent: Mar 26, 2010 8:36 PM Safari doesn't honor nocache. Safari is a jerk. Are you using Safari? On 3/26/2010 3:35 PM, Nathan Mynarcik wrote: > That's similar to what I am doing. I know for a fact that the url > doesn't already have a "?" in it. > > I have no clue why on some visits, the colors and other xml data is > not pulled. Then on a refresh it pulls them. > > ------Original Message------ > From: Steven Sacks > To: Nathan Mynarcik > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] NoCache XML > Sent: Mar 26, 2010 5:27 PM > > It should always work. Perhaps the url of the xml has a ? already > in it? > > public function nocache(url:String):String > { > var d:Date = new Date(); > var nc:String = "nocache=" + d.getTime(); > if (url.indexOf("?")> -1) return url + "&" + nc; > return url + "?" + nc; > } > > > On 3/26/2010 2:27 PM, Nathan Mynarcik wrote: >> Hey everyone, >> >> I am loading in an external xml doc via >> >> loadXML("url of xml"); >> >> To prevent browsers from caching the xml, I add at the end of the >> url string a Date object like: >> >> loadXML("url of xml"+"?nocache="+new Date().getTime()); >> >> This sometimes works and other times doesn't. The xml is the >> backbone to the colors used in the UI of my site which goes black >> when the load doesn't work properly. >> >> I have tried to add an IOERROREvent function to catch the error >> and then supply the url to the load function without the Date >> object appended. >> >> Is there any checks or different directions I can take to prevent >> visitors from sometimes having to refresh until the xml gets >> loaded correctly? >> Nathan Mynarcik >> Interactive Web Developer >> [email protected] >> 254.749.2525 >> www.mynarcik.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > > Nathan Mynarcik > Interactive Web Developer > [email protected] > 254.749.2525 > www.mynarcik.com > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > Nathan Mynarcik Interactive Web Developer [email protected] 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
