thanks guys, i'm sure that my xml is valid, i've refined what i'm trying to
do here a bit
public var debugModel:XML =
<mergefields label="Merge Fields">
<group label="Employees">
<node label="Employee First Name"
data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
<node label="Employee Last Name"
data="Employee_11111-111111-111111-111111" />
<node label="Last Performance Note Date"
data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
<node label="Login"
data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
<node label="Login Link"
data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
</group>
...
what i'm trying to do is find any node that has a certain label, like so
var fieldNode:XMLList = debugModel.children().node.(attribute("label") ==
"Employee First Name");
and no matter what i try it is not working, what it seems to be doing is
returning me all children of the node i'm looking for (there are none). if
I give that node some arbitrary child nodes, then the node is returned with
it's children, what gives?.
d.
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Varun Shetty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> make sure that your xml is wellformed
>
> it did work for me.
> ------------------- code ------------------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> layout="vertical"
> initialize="runthis();">
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
>
> public var debugModel:XML = <mergefields display="Merge
> Fields">
> <employees display="Employees">
> <node display="Employee First Name"
> data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
> <node display="Employee Last Name"
> data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
> <node display="Employee First Name"
> data="Employee_1212121-121212-12121-12112121" />
> <node display="Employee Last Name"
> data="Employee_1212121-121212-12121-12112121" />
>
> </employees>
> </mergefields>;
>
> public function runthis():void {
> var fieldNode:XMLList =
> debugModel.employees.node.(attribute("display") == "Employee First Name");
> trace(fieldNode);
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
> </mx:Application>
> ------------------- code ------------------------
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Derrick Anderson <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > can someone please explain why this does not return an XMLList?
> >
> > public var debugModel:XML = <mergefields display="Merge Fields">
> > <employees display="Employees">
> > <node display="Employee First Name"
> > data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
> > <node display="Employee Last Name"
> > data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
> > .....
> >
> >
> > var fieldNode:XMLList = debugModel.employees.node.(attribute("display")
> > == "Employee First Name");
> >
> > but this does...
> >
> > public var thePeople:XML = <people>
> > <person name="Mims Wright" suffix="III">
> > <age>27</age>
> > <aka>Mims H Wright</aka>
> > <aka>Teh AWesoeomes!</aka>
> > <bio></bio>
> > </person>
> > .....
> >
> > var fieldNode:XMLList = thePeople.person.(attribute("suffix") == "III");
> >
> > i've tried a million different variations and i cannot get it to work
> > with my XML- what am i doing wrong here?
> >
> > thanks,
> > d.
> >
>
>
>
