Leon, I haven't had any practical experience with the XML object in Flash 5 (no need, so far), so I have no way to objectively compare it to the XML Parser Xtra re: speed. But as far as I can tell, the Xtra isn't much of a memory hog at all. I think it does just fine (for what it manages to accomplish). It is Shockwave safe, but is not part of the standard Shockwave install, so you'll need to add it to the Xtras list for the DCR and mark it as "Download as needed." But I'm sure you already knew that. Your client's will have to acknowledge and approve of the download, and then sit through it. The Xtra itself isn't that big (113K), but I don't know exactly how big the actual transferred file is. It may be compressed.
Alternatively, you could look into DOM-Lingo (http://dom-lingo.members.easyspace.com/). If you're going to be doing any complex accessing, traversal or iteration of the parsed data, or if you're intending to do any manipulation and/or reserialization of the document tree once you have it parsed, DOM-Lingo would be the ticket. And as a compressed/protected castLib, it's only about 23K, and could be linked right up to your Shockwave movie with a short preloadNetThing in the background. It doesn't use any Xtras. Just FYI... Christopher Watson Sr. Software Engineer Lightspan, Inc. Creator, DOM-Lingo -----Original Message----- From: Leon McComish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <lingo-l> XML parsing info Hi list, been a while but I have a question. The XML parser in Flash sucks - it eats RAM at a frightening rate (uses 34Mb for a 110k file!) and is slooooooow. I haven't time at the moment to set up a DCR version - soes anyone know off the top of their heads: 1) is the DCR version fast(er) 2) is it a RAM-hog 3) is it shockwave-safe 4) how big is the XTRA (will prob need client-download) TIA Leon [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
