I’m working on an eCard application and I need to load XML into dynamic text fields in a Flash swf. The problem I’m having is I need to pass a variable (which names the XML file) from ASP into Flash. The ASP code needs to find the XML file and then pass that variable into Flash so it can load the XML data. In my source code below I list the variable “XMLsourceFile” but it’s referring to a static xml document, not a variable passed from ASP.
Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance!!
// grab the XML data to populate the flash card
XMLsourceFile = “xml_output.xml”;
content_xml = new XML();
content_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
content_xml.load(_root.XMLsourceFile); // this variable is set on the VARIABLES level, frame 1
content_xml.onLoad = function (success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
// initialize the item list variable (gets the count and values of all the parent items)
_root.cardSent = content_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
_root.cardData = content_xml.firstChild.lastChild.childNodes;
// create an array of the card data
_root.cardSentNodes = new Array();
for (i=0; i < _root.cardSent.length; i++) {
_root.cardSentNodes* = _root.cardSent*.childNodes;
}
// create an array of the card file details
_root.cardDataNodes = new Array();
for (i=0; i < _root.cardData.length; i++) {
_root.cardDataNodes* = _root.cardData*.childNodes;
}
// set all the variables that will/could be used by the imported card
_root.sentID = _root.cardSentNodes[0];
_root.cardID = _root.cardSentNodes[1];
_root.senderName = _root.cardSentNodes[2];
_root.senderEmail = _root.cardSentNodes[3];
_root.recipientName = _root.cardSentNodes[4];
_root.recipientEmail = _root.cardSentNodes[5];
_root.carbonCopy = _root.cardSentNodes[6];
_root.messageText = _root.cardSentNodes[7];
_root.serviceYears = _root.cardSentNodes[8];
_root.custom2 = _root.cardSentNodes[9];
_root.custom3 = _root.cardSentNodes[10];
// set all variables to grab card
_root.category = _root.cardDataNodes[0];
_root.cardName = _root.cardDataNodes[1];
_root.cardDescription = _root.cardDataNodes[2];
_root.cardFile = _root.cardDataNodes[3];
_root.targetArea.loadMovie(_root.cardFile);
} // end if success
// load was not a success
else {
trace(“XML failed to load.”);
}
} // end load xml file