Sure Aaron, Instead of loopin, have you tried something like this?
var myNode:XML = XML(myTree.selectedItem); -TH --- In [email protected], "aaron smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am just trying a simple example with trying to parse some xml. I want to > be able to find what node is selected according to what is selected in a > Tree component. > > here is my AS: > > private function getSelectedNodeFromSelectedItem( searchXML:* , > selectedItem:Object ):XMLList > { > var foundNode:*; > > for each( var prop:* in searchXML ) > { > > if( [EMAIL PROTECTED] == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) > { > foundNode = XMLList( prop ); > break; > } > > else if( [EMAIL PROTECTED] == "folder" ) > { > getSelectedNodeFromSelectedItem( prop.node ); > } > } > return foundNode; > } > > > this is what the XML Looks like: (dataProvider to a Tree ) > > <node label='flash platform' id='1' type='folder' > > <node label='www.somelink.net' id='2' type='item' feedLocation=' > http://www.somelink.net' /> > <node label=somelink' id='3' type='item' feedLocation=' > http://www.somelink.com' /> > </node> > > > Say for instance you selected the 2nd child of the flash platform node. it > would spit back: > <node label=somelink' id='3' type='item' feedLocation=' > http://www.somelink.com' /> > > Say for instance you selected the root node which is a folder. it would spit > back: > <node label='flash platform' id='1' type='folder' > > <node label='www.smithaaronlee.net' id='2' type='item' feedLocation=' > http://www.smithaaronlee.net' /> > <node label='teguh mualim' id='3' type='item' feedLocation=' > http://www.capcai.com' /> > </node> > > > It seems to be working correctly to the point where it knows that the right > node is selected, but then the return value is of type [object]. I can't > figure out how to get it back as a string.. > > From the results that are spit back from that method I will pass that value > to another parsing method to just grab all the individual items (type=item) > in the selected node. See what I'm going for? > > Maybe I need to cast the xml into an ArrayCollection? > > thanks > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
