Hi, The problem is probably related to the namespaces in the slashdot feed. There is some information in the blogosphere about using xml with namespaces.
cheers, - shaun ben.clinkinbeard wrote: > http://code.google.com/p/as3syndicationlib/ > > HTH, > Ben > > > --- In [email protected], "dfalling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm trying to write a small app that will parse an inputted RSS feed. >> On some feeds (reddit.com) it works fine, but on others (slashdot.org) >> the xml seems to be cut off... the description and title for the feed >> are there, but none of the items. What is causing this? I've wandered >> tried to adapt code from dozens of different examples and still can't >> understand exactly what I need. Here's the minimal code that I'm using >> now, without all the hacks and attempts I've tried: >> >> >> import mx.collections.XMLListCollection; >> import mx.utils.ArrayUtil; >> import mx.rpc.http.HTTPService; >> import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent; >> import mx.collections.ArrayCollection; >> import mx.events.FlexEvent; >> >> [Bindable] private var _dataProvider:XMLListCollection > = new >> XMLListCollection(); >> private var _httpService:HTTPService; >> >> private function urlSubmitted():void >> { >> var feedUrl:String = urlText.text; >> _httpService = new HTTPService(); >> _httpService.url = feedUrl; >> _httpService.resultFormat = "e4x"; >> >> > _httpService.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT,dataReceived,false,0,tr\ >> ue); >> _httpService.send(); >> } >> >> private function dataReceived(event:ResultEvent):void >> { >> _dataProvider.source = event.result.channel.item as >> XMLList; >> noDataView.visible = false; >> dataGrid.visible = true; >> } >> > > >
