RE: [flexcoders] Newbie: load external xml problem

[Jonathan Miranda]

Unless I’m missing something, you could use a <mx:Model source=”xmlFile.xml”> and use onComplete events…or if it’s in a url, use a HttpService to call it in. Here’s what I’d do: <mx:HttpService url="" result=”trace(result.toXMLstring());”/>   _________________________________________ Jonathan Miranda Flexible Master of the Web "In the game of chess, it's important to never let your opponent see your pieces." HealthGrades: Guiding America to Better Healthcare™ NASDAQ: HGRD w  (720) 963-3832 c  (707) 761-0868 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________ The message contains confidential and/or legally privileged information and is intended for use only by the indicated addressee.  If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed,arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of revanisle Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:44 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Newbie: load external xml problem   Hi all,   I'm new to Flex and AS3 (well, I guess everyone's "new" to AS3) and am having difficulty with what should be basic and simple - loading an external xml file.  I can't even get the examples in Help to work (Flex 2beta): 1 var externalXML:XML; 2 var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); 3 var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("xmlFile.xml"); 4 loader.load(request); 5 loader.addEventListener(EventType.COMPLETE, onComplete); 6 7 function onComplete(event:Event):Void{ 8     var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target); 9     externalXML = new XML(loader.data); 10    trace(externalXML.toXMLString()); 11 } This gives me an error at line 7 - Void is not a compile time constant. If I change that to lowercase void (or any other valid constant) or remove the type declaration :Void altogether I get two errors at lines 4 and 5 telling me that "request" and "loader" are undefined properties, even though they're defined immediately above.  What gives?  and thanks in advance for your help! Rick Englert -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.