I’ve been looking everywhere for a tutorial or a solution to this problem that I’ve come across.
I am able to build XML files that load into Flash and are displayed properly. Where my problem lies, is once I get into Arrays and storing the data into those arrays. What I am trying to build is a news section for a website that you typically see on band websites. I would like to build it so that new entries can be added to the news.xml file and will be displayed within the Flash file.
My XML file looks like this:
<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“iso-8859-1”?>
<news>
<entry>
<date>September 31, 2069</date>
<title>Band News Section</title>
<info>This is where you will type in the news about the post that you are typing.</info>
<posted_by>Your name or the band name</posted_by>
</entry>
<entry>
<date>September 30, 2069</date>
<title>Band News Section</title>
<info>This is where you will type in the news about the post that you are typing.</info>
<posted_by>Your name or the band name</posted_by>
</entry>
</news>
I have a movieclip in Flash that has the dynamic text fields set up and it is loading one entry into Flash right now.
My Flash code looks like this:
xmlContent = new XML();
xmlContent.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlContent.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlContent.load(“news.xml”);
//XML Load
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
_root.date = this.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
_root.title = this.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
_root.info = this.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
_root.posted_by = this.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue;
news_mc.date.text = _root.date;
news_mc.title.text=_root.title;
news_mc.info.text=_root.info;
news_mc.posted_by.text=_root.posted_by;
} else {
trace(“error loading content”);
}
}
I understand that I must set a loop and store the data for each entry as a variable…but like most, I have no clue how to code it.
If anyone has the solution with a brief explanation, or a link to a tutorial, I would very much appreciate it.
Thank you ahead of time!
