Hi. I'm reading a custom properties.xml file into a Flex app but it
gives an error when I try to set an HTTPService's url to a value from
that file. Here's the code that fetches the XML file,
private var servicePropReader:HTTPService = new HTTPService();
private function getPropertiesXML():void {
this.servicePropReader.url = "global/xml/properties.xml";
servicePropReader.resultFormat = "e4x";
servicePropReader.contentType = "application/xml";
servicePropReader.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT,
propertyReaderResultHandler);
servicePropReader.addEventListener(FaultEvent.FAULT,
propertyReaderFaultHandler);
servicePropReader.send();
}
In the Result handler, I do an Alert.show() and can see the value,
which is "http://myserver.com/ViewHandler"; (minus the double quotes).
I then try to set an HTTPService to that value,
this.serviceGridReader.url =
propertiesXML.property.(name=="ViewHandler").value;
This value causes the Fault handler of the above HTTPService call to
be fired, throwing this error: "TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access
a property or method of a null object reference."
But if I change the above line to be set to the string value
"http://myserver.com/ViewHandler";, it works fine. Here's the XML file,
<properties>
<property>
<name>ViewHandler</name>
<value>http://myserver.com/ViewHandler</value>
</property>
</properties>
What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
