Image loading w/XML

programming flash
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Hello. I’m trying to figure out how to use XML to load images on a movie clip. This is what I have so far…
**
This is my xml structure: **
<root><picThumb>images/picThumb1.png</picThumb>
<picThumb>images/picThumb2.png</picThumb>
…
…
</root>

** AS3 code structure: **
var myXML:XML= new XML();
var myURL:URLRequest= new URLRequest(“pictures.xml”);
var myLoader:URLLoader= new URLLoader(myURL);
myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadXML);

function loadXML(externalxml:Event):void {
myXML.ignoreComments=true;
myXML.ignoreWhitespace=true;
myXML=new XML(externalxml.target.data);
parseXML(myXML);
}

function parseXML(flashxml:XML):void {
showContent(flashxml);
}

function showContent(parsedxml:XML) {
var myXLIST:XMLLIST= parsedxml.children();
var allthumbs:MovieClip= new MovieClip();
allthumbs.name= “allthumbs”;
addChildAt(allthumbs, 0);

//I’m stuck here. How can I use XML to load
//pictures into “allthumbs” with a for loop?

}

2

Seems like you’re right on track. All you have to do is to run through a for each loop, like this for example;

for each(var picThumb in myXLIST){
	var img = picThumb;
	var _loader:Loader = new Loader();
    	var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(img);
   	_loader.load(request);
		
	var thisThumb:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
	allthumbs.addChild(thisThumb);
	thisThumb.addChild(_loader);
}

I usually create a movieclip for each of the images, so that I can attach names and attributes to them individually.

Good luck!