>> Dots are not allowed in attribute names. I'd use underscore or dash. > Where in the XML spec does it state periods are not allowed?
Sorry, my mistake. Dots are indeed allowed in attributes. > In any > case, that is completely irrelevant to the problem at hand. The XML > configuration files for the phones DO have periods in their attribute > names and I have no control over that, they've been deployed in the > field by a top manufacturer for a number of years already. I'm just > working on an application that needs to be able to read and write > their configuration files. In any case i'm not aware of a way to "dot down" to them with E4X. You can access the values for example like this: var xml:XML = <root foo.bar="hello world" /> trace([EMAIL PROTECTED]"foo.bar"]); Cheers, Claus. -- claus wahlers côdeazur brasil http://codeazur.com.br/ http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/
