# Another Flash - XML problem!

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**Created:** [December 12, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-flash-xml-problem/277484 "2008-12-12T13:30:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Reverend](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Reverend)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-flash-xml-problem/277484/1 "2008-12-12T13:30:02Z")

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Hi experts 🙂

OK, I’ve bought an XML portfolio from FlashDen and am trying to get it to work with my particular requirements.

However, my AS2 isn’t great. I’m halfway there - I can now get the categories to display correctly but when I click on one I can’t get the actual category to load and display the images. I’m not sure where my code is wrong - whether it’s the childNodes hierarchy or earlier on in the script…

Here’s a small snippet of the XML:  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“iso-8859-1”?\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<gallery\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<category\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<title\>\<![CDATA[CATEGORY ONE]]\>\</title\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<image\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<title\>\<![CDATA[Abstract image 1]]\>\</title\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<date\>\<![CDATA[January 2008]]\>\</date\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<description\>\<![CDATA[Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam sed urna. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Mauris tempus luctus sem. Cras facilisis lectus. Aliquam nisi orci, imperdiet sed, tincidunt eget, rutrum at, urna. Praesent dolor nulla, lobortis varius, sodales sed, dictum in, odio]]\>\</description\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<img\>img/abstract2/img1.jpg\</img\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\</image\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\</category\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<category\> [/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<title\>\<![CDATA[CATEGORY TWO]]\>\</title\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<image\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<title\>\<![CDATA[Abstract image 1]]\>\</title\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<date\>\<![CDATA[January 2008]]\>\</date\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<description\>\<![CDATA[Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam sed urna. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Mauris tempus luctus sem. Cras facilisis lectus. Aliquam nisi orci, imperdiet sed, tincidunt eget, rutrum at, urna. Praesent dolor nulla, lobortis varius, sodales sed, dictum in, odio]]\>\</description\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<img\>img/abstract3/img1.jpg\</img\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\</image\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<image\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<title\>\<![CDATA[Abstract image 2]]\>\</title\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<date\>\<![CDATA[February 2008]]\>\</date\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<description\>\<![CDATA[Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam sed urna. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Mauris tempus luctus sem. Cras facilisis lectus. Aliquam nisi orci, imperdiet sed, tincidunt eget, rutrum at, urna. Praesent dolor nulla, lobortis varius, sodales sed, dictum in, odio]]\>\</description\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\<img\>img/abstract3/img2.jpg\</img\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\</image\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkred]\</category\>[/COLOR][/SIZE]

And here’s the AS2 which is calling up the above:  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]readCategory ();[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]//[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]function readCategory () {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]categoryContainer.\_x = categoryContainerPosX;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]categoryContainer.\_y = categoryContainerPosy;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]//[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]System.useCodepage = true;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var category:XML = new XML ();[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]category.ignoreWhite = true;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]category.onLoad = function (success) {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]if (success) {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var root:XMLNode = this.firstChild;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]totalItems = root.childNodes.length;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]for (i = 0; i \< root.childNodes.length; i++) {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var xCategory:String = root.childNodes\*.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var xCategoryId:Number = i;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]categoryContainer.attach.attachMovie (“category”,“category” + i,i);[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]categoryContainer.attach[“category” + i].\_y = i \* ySpacerCategory;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]categoryContainer.attach[“category” + i].categoryMc.categoryTitle.text = xCategory;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]//[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]categoryContainer.attach[“category” + i].bt.nodeInstance = xCategoryId;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]categoryContainer.attach[“category” + i].bt.onRelease = function () {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]nodeCategoryLoad = this.nodeInstance;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]openGallery ();[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]};[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]}[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]if (totalItems \> 10) {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]startMovement ();[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]delete categoryContainer.onEnterFrame;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]}[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]else {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]delete categoryContainer.onEnterFrame;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]Mouse.removeListener (mouseListener);[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]}[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]}[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]};[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]category.load (“gallery.xml”);[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]}[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]//\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]function readImage () {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]//[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]System.useCodepage = true;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var image:XML = new XML ();[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]image.ignoreWhite = true;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]image.onLoad = function (success) {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]if (success) {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var nodeImages:XMLNode = this.firstChild.childNodes[nodeCategoryLoad];[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]for (i = 0; i \< nodeImages.childNodes.length; i++) {[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]totalImagesNavigation = i;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]}[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]//read[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var xTitle:String = nodeImages.childNodes[cursorCategoryLoad].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var xDate:String = nodeImages.childNodes[cursorCategoryLoad].childNodes[2].childNodes[0].nodeValue;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var xDescription:String = nodeImages.childNodes[cursorCategoryLoad].childNodes[3].childNodes[0].nodeValue;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]var xImage:String = nodeImages.childNodes[cursorCategoryLoad].childNodes[4].childNodes[0].nodeValue;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]//write[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]loadImage (xImage);[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]info.contents.dateTxt.text = xDate;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]info.contents.titleTxt.text = xTitle;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]info.contents.descTxt.text = xDescription;[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]}[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]};[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]image.load (“gallery.xml”);[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]}[/COLOR][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=1][COLOR=darkslateblue]//\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*[/COLOR][/SIZE]

As I say, the first bit of AS seems to be working fine - it pulls in the names of the categories and lists the correct amount of categories, but when I click on the category name it just stops, obviously not finding the XML data it’s expecting, and I just cannot work out where the problem is!

Can anyone help? I’m sure it’s obvious to an expert.

Cheers