You haven't said where your xml files live, so I am going to presume you have a server infrastructure to deliver them. If you don't then you either need to make one or use the desktop version of Flex, Air. If you need guidance on how to make a server then I think it is outside this forum (go and look at JBoss/J2EE or PHP or ColdFusion or .Net if you don't ever want your server to run outside Windows). There are many ways of getting the data back, but since you are talking about XML my guess would be HTTP (rather than AMF).
The flash player is single threaded so you don't get truly asynchronous processing on the client, however your responders for your server requests are event driven and will fire asynchronously and be processed as the responses come in from the server (the order is random, the processing is synchronous). Use the XML object in flex to handle the payload of your response. That will do all the parsing for you and give you access to your model. You'll have to traverse the data yourself to get at the elements and attributes you need for display but that is all well documented and fairly simple and I am sure you have seen it, the only bit missing is the knowledge of your model(s) and only you have that. There are many ways of displaying lists, and many examples of how to do it. Start by reading up about the HorizontalList control and ItemRenderers. If your model is reasonably coherent then there a chance you could bind directly to it from your display controls, which is about the simplest client implementation you can get. good luck and hth get you started Simon --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "missgiggygirl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It has been awhile since I dabbled in Flex, but I am back. > > Can someone help me to: > > - parse an external XML file > - write the contents (Image thumbnail, text name, text description, > and id#) to some sort of tile horizontally > - I actually will have 7-10 XML files, each with similar content > above, that must be read asynchronisly (sp.?) > > I feel this should be an easy task, but all of the examples I am > finding are with local XML and really simple XML... my XML is external > and not at all simple > > Any advice is appreciated, > Miss Giggy >
