That's great - thanks. Leon
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Watson, Christopher > Sent: 03 October 2001 17:56 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> XML parsing info > > > 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!] [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!]
