# Agenda XML / mc height detection

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/agenda-xml-mc-height-detection/246340>\
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**Created:** [December 10, 2007, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/agenda-xml-mc-height-detection/246340 "2007-12-10T10:04:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![herveh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@herveh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/herveh)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/agenda-xml-mc-height-detection/246340/1 "2007-12-10T10:04:33Z")

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Hello  
I created a simple xml generated agenda on flash 8 / actionscript 2  
The first node define the months, the second the days and location.  
Id like the month vertical position to adapt itself to the previous month height.  
I have no problem to detect how much days are within a month,  
but for now the position is fixed and doesn’t adapt itself.  
I added a few comments to the code.  
Does anyone have a clue where my mistake is?  
I can of course provide a fla and xml file if needed  
Thanks to all.  
Hervé

```auto

function loadXML(loaded) {
	if (loaded) {
		month = new Array();
		date = new Array();
		location = new Array();
		day = new Array();
		xmlNode = this.firstChild;
		totali = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
		for (i=0; i<totali; i++) {
			if (xmlNode.childNodes*.nodeName == "month") {
				month.push(xmlNode.childNodes*.attributes.month);
				currentMonth = xmlNode.childNodes*.attributes.month;
				currentNode = xmlNode.childNodes*;
//here i detect how much days within a month
				totalj = currentNode.childNodes.length;
//I make a trace that shows correct result
				trace("totalj"+totalj);
				var mc:MovieClip = content.attachMovie("month", "month"+i, i);
				mc.id = i;
				mc.month_text.text = currentMonth.toUpperCase();
//here is the code supposed to define each mc vertical position
				mc._y = Math.round(30+(totalj*18)*i);
//another trace that show me that the position is fixed instead of adapting itself
				trace("mc._y"+mc._y);

				for (j=0; j<totalj; j++) {
					if (currentNode.childNodes[j].nodeName == "day") {
						date.push(currentNode.childNodes[j].attributes.date);
						location.push(currentNode.childNodes[j].attributes.location);
						currentDate = currentNode.childNodes[j].attributes.date;
						currentlocation = currentNode.childNodes[j].attributes.location;

						var mc2:MovieClip = mc.attachMovie("day", "day"+j, j);

						mc2.id = j;
						mc2.date_text.text = currentDate;
						mc2.location_text.text = currentlocation.toUpperCase();
//here is the code to define the position of each 'day' clip
						mc2._y = Math.round(18+(mc2._height)*j);

					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("agenda.xml");

```