XML woes?

programming flash
1

I am having a ****ens of a time trying to find out how many items I have in each of my libraries. I can get the count of childNodes in the furniture which is 4, I can drill down and get the names of the libraries, Tables, Chairs, Sofas and Hutches. But I can’t figure out how to get the count of the items in the libraries.

What I want to have happen is when I click on the library value in the combo box the out put window would say for Table: 2 items, end_table and rd_table… etc… for each item clicked in the combo box.

But I can’t figure it out.

Please help.;(

Here is the XML:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <furniture>
  <tables name="Tables">
   <item title="End Table">end_table</item>
   <item title="Round Table">rd_table</item>
  </tables>  
  <chairs name="Chairs">
   <item title="Recliner">chair</item> 
  </chairs>
  <sofas name="Sofas">
   <item title="Leather Sofa">sofa</item> 
  </sofas> 
  <hutches name="Hutches">
   <item title="Double Hutch">hutch</item> 
  </hutches> 
 </furniture>

Here is the flash code


var myXML:XML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
libraryList_ar = new Array();
libraryItems_ar = new Array();
//combo_list.dataProvider= ["Library", "Tables", "Chairs", "Sofas", "Hutches"];
combo_list.dataProvider = libraryList_ar;
myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
 if (success) {
  //trace(this);  
  //
  var libraries = this.firstChild;  
  var libCount = libraries.childNodes.length;
  trace(libCount);
  var libItems = libraries.childNodes.childNodes.length;
  trace(libItems);
  for (var i = 0; i<libCount; i++) {
   //libraryList_ar* = libraries.childNodes*.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
   libraryList_ar* = libraries.childNodes*.attributes.name;
  }
 }
};
myXML.load("myXML.xml");
//
combo_list.change = function(eventObj) {
 //trace("Value changed to "+eventObj.target.value);
};
combo_list.addEventListener("change", combo_list);