# Problems drawing a line w/ xml

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-drawing-a-line-w-xml/317662>\
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**Created:** [December 29, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-drawing-a-line-w-xml/317662 "2010-12-29T08:13:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![joey\_ck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@joey\_ck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joey_ck)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-drawing-a-line-w-xml/317662/1 "2010-12-29T08:13:37Z")

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[COLOR=red]The Xml[/COLOR]  
\<?xml version=“1.0”?\>  
\<root\>  
\<route portStart = “USLAX”  
portStartx = “2014”  
portStarty = “433”  
portEnd = “JPTYO”  
portEndx = “1995”  
portEndy = “456” /\>  
\</root\>

[COLOR=black]Can anybody tell me why this does not work ?:crazy:[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=red]the script:[/COLOR]  
var xmlData = new XML();  
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;  
xmlData.onLoad = processXMLData;  
xmlData.load(“fly\_attb.xml”);  
xmlData.onLoad = function(success) {  
if (success) {  
[INDENT]var flyData = xmlData.firstChild.childNodes;  
for (i=0; i\<flyData.length; i++) {  
var currRoute = flyData\*;  
var speed = 1.1;  
var mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip(“line\_mc”, 10);  
var currentEndPointX = startX=currRoute.attributes.portStartx;  
var currentEndPointY = startY=currRoute.attributes.portStarty;  
var endX = currRoute.attributes.portEndx;  
endY = currRoute.attributes.portEndy;  
mc.onEnterFrame = function() {  
[INDENT]currentEndPointX = endX-(endX-currentEndPointX)/speed;  
currentEndPointY = endY-(endY-currentEndPointY)/speed;  
this.clear();  
this.lineStyle(1,0x3300FF,1000);  
this.moveTo(startX,startY);  
this.lineTo(currentEndPointX,currentEndPointY);  
trace(endX-currentEndPointX);  
trace(endY-currentEndPointY);  
if (Math.abs(endX-currentEndPointX)\<1 && Math.abs(endY-currentEndPointY)\<1) {  
[INDENT]endX = currentEndPointX;  
endY = currentEndPointY;  
delete this.onEnterFrame;  
[/INDENT]}  
};  
[/INDENT]}// end for  
[/INDENT]} else {  
content = “not found”;  
}  
};

thank you for your help and consideration!