Using an external XML file for animation tweening

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Hello,

I’m quite fond of the “Copy Motion as Actionscript 3.0” feature. I think it’s pretty neat. However, the XML-based animation only works when the XML variable is in the code. I’m trying to make it so where I can place the XML-based animation tags in an external XML file, and then load it into the application. I prefer to have it this way as opposed to having the XML tags hardcoded into the app.

Here is the XML file:


<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<Motion duration="30" xmlns="fl.motion.*" xmlns:geom="flash.geom.*" xmlns:filters="flash.filters.*">
	<source>
		<Source frameRate="30" x="127.5" y="127.5" scaleX="1" scaleY="1" rotation="0" elementType="movie clip">
			<dimensions>
				<geom:Rectangle left="0" top="0" width="55" height="55"/>
			</dimensions>
			<transformationPoint>
				<geom:Point x="0.5" y="0.5"/>
			</transformationPoint>
		</Source>
	</source>

	<Keyframe index="0" tweenSnap="true" tweenSync="true">
		<tweens>
			<SimpleEase ease="0"/>
		</tweens>
	</Keyframe>

	<Keyframe index="29" x="578.95"/>
</Motion>

The movie clip is named ‘ball’ as obviously told from the following AS3 code:


import flash.net.URLLoader ;
import flash.net.URLRequest ;
import flash.net.URLLoaderDataFormat ;
import fl.motion.Animator ;

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader( ) ;
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT ;
loader.load( new URLRequest( "XML/Test.xml" ) ) ;
loader.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, startAnimation ) ;

function startAnimation( e:Event ):void
{
	
	var ball_xml:XML = new XML( e.target.data ) ;
	
	var ball_animator:Animator = new Animator( ball_xml, ball ) ;
    ball_animator.play();
}

So what exactly am I doing wrong?