I posted this on the Flash 8 forum and got no response, so I’ll cross my fingers and try this one. I can’t believe I’m the only newbie who is wondering this.
I am relatively new to Flash and have done little more than build a few simple animations. I am currently trying to create an application to parse, view, and write xml files which are several levels deep, and contain nested arrays. I was hopeful that Flash’s XML and Dataset components would make my job easier. However, I have found them very difficult to work with, and I have found no documentation or tutorials whatsoever that present more than the most simplistic applications of these components.
I have just discovered this site with its wealth of xml-related tutorials, which do not appear to use the XML components. Does it make more sense to simply handle XML files in code? Do the components buy me anything at all if I’m trying to read, display, and write complex XML files?
I would appreciate and value comments from some experienced Flash users.
-jheske
