Xml content into Flash??

[cosmodk]

I am BIG newbie to flash and would love for some smart brains here to help me out

Problem :

I need some external XML data loaded into a textbox in my
flashmovie. And i need it to be refreshed about every 30 seconds.

Here is the link to the XML page my shoutcast server generates :
http://cosmo.adsl.dk:8001/admin.cgi?...viewxml&page=1

I need the content of the SONGTITLE tag


Someone please help me out...

Kind regards

Jimmy Jensen
cosmo@codes.dk
[Edited by cosmodk on 04-12-2002 at 05:50 AM]

[cosmodk]

I find it hard to believe that the best flash forum in the world cant help me you guys are the gods!!

Jimmy jensen

[SOLOMONF]

I'd help you out, but the link you gave is a dea link. Email me the xml or post a good link.

[deltawolf]

yeah, link is dead, anyways isnt there an XML input in actionscript 6? if thats true u can make a small little blank MC running doing a new import every 30 seconds and having the AS at the end every time it recycles
*edit*
i checked and there is XML stuff and a bunch of it

[cosmodk]

Well here is the link to the XML i need to extract from...

Hope this helps.. i am a total newbie to action scripts, and i need guidance..

http://cosmo.adsl.dk:8001/admin.cgi?...viewxml&page=1

Jimmy Jensen

[C4_Tom]

I'm no guru on XML, but this code should retrieve the object and put it in flash, it's then just a case of experimenting with it a bit to get your particular field

objXML = new XML()
objXML.onLoad = XMLReceived
objXML.load("http://cosmo.adsl.dk:8001/admin.cgi?pass=megamixers&mode=viewxml&page=1")

function XMLReceived()
{

//Code to pick out the song title
}

[SOLOMONF]

I still get a dead link bud --

let me give you an example of an XML parser function -- simple and easy.

//xmlobject and data container creation 
function loadPlaylist(playList) {
	//creating data holding array
	musicDataArray = new Array();
	musicDataIndex = 0;
	//creating xml object
	playListXML = new XML();
	playListXML.load(playList);
	//creating load function
	playListXML.onLoad = function() {
		playlist = this.firstChild;
		//entering master loop
		//initializing breakcheck
		breakMaster=0;
		while (playList != null) {
			//checking for playlist rootnode name
			if (playList.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'HMDJPLAYLIST') {
				song = playList.firstChild;
				//entering into song loop
				//initializing breakcheck
				breakList=0;
				while (song != null) {
					//checking for song name node
					//creating a temporary associative array -- later this will be fed into an element of the master array
					tempArray = new Array();
					if (song.nodeName.toUpperCase() == "SONG") {
						//putting attrib data to the array
						//this of course would be variable dependant apun the structure of
						//you xml doc --
						tempArray['SONGID'] = song.attributes.id;
						songProperties = song.firstChild;
						breakSong=0;
						//entering song data loop
						while (songProperties != null) {
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'FILENAME') {
								//populating array - 
								tempArray['FILENAME'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'TIMESTAMP') {
								tempArray['TIMESTAMP'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'ARTIST') {
								tempArray['ARTIST'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'ALBUM') {
								tempArray['ALBUM'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'TITLE') {
								tempArray['TITLE'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'GENRE') {
								tempArray['GENRE'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'TRACK') {
								tempArray['TRACK'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'DURATION') {
								tempArray['DURATION'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'BITRATE') {
								tempArray['BITRATE'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							if (songProperties.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'ISVBR') {
								tempArray['ISVBR'] = songProperties.firstChild;
							}
							//moving on to next element
							songProperties = songProperties.nextSibling;
							//this next part is optional -- but I add it to protect against infinit loops due
							//to malformed xml documents
							breakSong++;
							if(breakSong>=_root.breakLimit){
								break;
								trace('breakSong')
							}
						}
					}
					musicDataArray[musicDataIndex]=tempArray;
					musicDataIndex++;
					delete tempArray
					song = song.nextSibling;
					//this next part is optional -- but I add it to protect against infinit loops due
					//to malformed xml documents
					breakList++;
					if(breakList>=_root.breakLimit){
						break;
						trace('breakList')
					}
				}
			}
			playList = playList.nextSibling;
			breakMaster++;
			//this next part is optional -- but I add it to protect against infinit loops due
			//to malformed xml documents
			if(breakMaster>=_root.breakLimit){
				break;
				trace('breakMaster')
			}
		}
		//creating a song index array -- for song history and random playlist
		//playing default sound
		songIndexArray = new Array(musicDataArray.length)
		songIndex=Math.floor(Math.random()*songIndexArray.length)
		playSong(songIndex)
	}
}

[SOLOMONF]

to play a song from the playlist

//creating Sound load and play functions
function playSong(index){
	//getting song information from the musicDataArray
	if(_root.musicDataArray.length!=null){
		//creating temporary data container
		tmpArray = new Array();
		tmpArray = _root.musicDataArray[index];
		//extracting data
		songID=tmpArray['SONGID'].toString();
		fileName=tmpArray['FILENAME'].toString();
		timeStamp=tmpArray['TIMESTAMP'].toString();
		artist=tmpArray['ARTIST'].toString();
		album=tmpArray['ALBUM'].toString();
		title=tmpArray['TITLE'].toString();
		genre=tmpArray['GENRE'].toString();
		track=tmpArray['TRACK'].toString();
		duration=tmpArray['DURATION'].toString();
		bitrate=tmpArray['BITRATE'].toString();
		isvbr=tmpArray['ISVBR'].toString();
		//destroying container
		delete tmpArray;
	}
	//adding sound object
	mp3Sound =new Sound(this);
	mp3Sound.loadSound(fileName,true)
	mp3PauseSound = new Sound();
	mp3PauseSound = mp3Sound;
	mp3Sound.onSoundComplete=function(){
		songIndex++;
		if(songIndex<songIndexArray.length){
			playSong(songIndex);
		}else{
			songIndex = 0;
			playSong(songIndex)
		}
	}
}

[SOLOMONF]

this forum seems to crap out on some characters

in the last if of the playsong function the compared value should be
<songIndexArray.length){

[SOLOMONF]

wow -- it won't let me type less than

'less than 'songIndexArray.length){