You're setting the text in the text field before the handler (completeXMLListener) even runs.
Also - Text is a bad name for a function, it's common practice for method names to be underlined, and also use non-reserved words. Text is a reserved word in Actionscript. Also - it's also common practice to capitalize class names. Lastly, you should declare your methods as public, private or protected, and specify return types. In this case, I would make them all private. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning & Performance Solutions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Singleton Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 8:30 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Template w/ XML? ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jared <[email protected]> > To: Flash Coders List <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, April 30, 2010 6:16:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Template w/ XML? > > Try root.loaderinfo.parameters.varname That got me on the right track. I have one little wrinkle to work out of this first attempt. Here's my code: package { imports here class suchandsuch extends MovieClip { var pageDetails:String = new String(); var urlXMLLoader:URLLoader; function suchandsuch() { XMLLoader(); Text(); } function XMLLoader() { var urlXMLRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest('pageDetails.xml'); urlXMLLoader = new URLLoader(); urlXMLLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeXMLListener); urlXMLLoader.load(urlXMLRequest); } function completeXMLListener(e:Event):void { var xmlData:XML = XML (e.target.data); pageDetails = xmlData.DETAILS.toString(); } function Text() { more stuff here myText.htmlText = pageDetails; myText.htmlText += "Lorem ipsum dolor sitipsum, convallis consequat orci.<br /><br />"; more stuff Now, if I put a trace under this line: myText.htmlText = pageDetails; I get : [object textField] which is what I want. But it doesn't print anything to screen. If I put the following trace under this line: pageDetails = xmlData.DETAILS.toString(); trace(pageDetails); it traces out what I want. No errors. Please advise. TIA, John _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
