Depending on the dot net webservice, you might only need to change your resultFormat="e4x". Try that before you start doing this manually.
I am consuming dot net webservices this way. The WS code response.writes a DataTable, and .net serializes it into XML automatically. What you get in flex is a bit messy, with a lot of type info, but your data will be at <DocumentElement> Tracy --- In [email protected], "Nate Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I gotcha! So what about adding children to that xml node? Do you > treat it just like a string or something? so If I wanted to add a > child to that node would it be something like this: > > var newNode:XML = <myNode label={yourCollection[n]["label"]} id={ > yourCollection[n]["id"]}> > > newNode = newNode + <myNode label={yourCollection[n]["label"]} id={ > yourCollection[n]["id"]}/> > > I thought I saw some method called append in xml. I was hoping I > could create XMLNode(s) and do something like newNode.append (myNewXMLNode) > > thanks for responding so fast! > > > --- In [email protected], "Jim Hayes" <jim@> wrote: > > > > You can write the values straight into the xml notation using curly > > brackets : something like > > > > var newNode:XML = <myNode label={yourCollection[n]["label"]} id={ > > yourCollection[n]["id"]}/> > > > > not sure I have the arrayCollection syntax correct, but hopefully you > > can see what I mean? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Nate Pearson > > Sent: 16 April 2008 16:59 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [flexcoders] Building XML out of an Array Collection > > > > I'm trying to change an array collection of typed objects from a .NET > > webservice into XML. > > > > My array collection is like this: > > > > myNode{ > > label:String > > id:int > > children:ArrayCollection > > } > > > > The items in the children array collection are more of "myNode". > > > > I want to put it into xml so it looks like this: > > > > <myNodes> > > <myNode label="test1" id="1"/> > > <myNode label="test2" id="2"> > > <myNode label="test3" id="3"/> > > <myNode label="test4" id="4"/> > > <myNode label="test5" id="5"/> > > </myNode> > > <myNode label="test6" id="6"/> > > </myNodes> > > > > I always work with arraycollections and never with xml, but this > > situation requires it. I just need to know how to start. I can loop > > through my arraycollection tree if I just know how to do a node or two. > > > > THANKS! :) > > > > Nate > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This communication is from Primal Pictures Ltd., a company > registered in England and Wales with registration No. 02622298 and > registered office: 4th Floor, Tennyson House, 159-165 Great Portland > Street, London, W1W 5PA, UK. VAT registration No. 648874577. > > > > This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. It may be read, > copied and used only by the intended recipient. If you have received > it in error, please contact the sender immediately by return e-mail or > by telephoning +44(0)20 7637 1010. Please then delete the e-mail and > do not disclose its contents to any person. > > This email has been scanned for Primal Pictures by the MessageLabs > Email Security System. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > >
