constructing xml nodes

[AKADaJack]

I need to create this kind of xml with the flash XML object, and I just can't figure it out how.

<canvas updatated="16.10.2002">
  <object type=textField>
    <x>100</x>
    <y>150</y>
    <w>400</w>
    <h>150</h>
    <text>Blablabla</text>
    <fontSize>15</fontSize>
  </object>
  <object type=imageField>
    <x>700</x>
    <y>850</y>
    <w>400</w>
    <h>150</h>
    <url>keys.jpg</url>
  </object>
</canvas> 

I've browsed the web and all I managed to do is this:

	mapXML = new XML();
       	XCanvas = mapXML.createElement("canvas");
       	XCanvas.attributes.updatated="16.10.2002";
        mapXML.appendChild(XCanvas);

It's easy to read xml, but it seems like creating a new object is a more difficult job. A sample would do the trick for me, just can't find any online.

[AKADaJack]

Ok, it seems that it's impossible to do that with the xml object.

I have seen this is done with strings, like

tempObj = '<object name="'+myObjData.names[i]+'" x="'+myObjData.x[i]+'" y="'+myObjData.y[i]+'">\n';
tempObj += '     <action>'+myObjData.action[i]+'</action>\n';
tempObj += '     <border>'+myObjData.border[i]+'</border>\n';
tempObj += '     <bgcolor>'+myObjData.bgcolor[i]+'</bgcolor>\n';
tempObj += '</object>\n'; 

thanks to Ron Polka for giving me this ideea with one of his movies.

[shoehorn]

You're on the right path with your first attempt, using the XML object. For every element you want in the final XML, you need to use createElement and appendChild, plus set whatever attributes you may have. For text nodes inside of an element, you'll use createTextNode.

mapXML = new XML();
var canvasnode, objectnode, xnode, textnode;

canvasnode = mapXML.createElement("canvas");
canvasnode.attributes.updatated="16.10.2002";
mapXML.appendChild(canvasnode);

objectnode = mapXML.createElement("object");
objectnode.attributes.type = "textfield";
canvasnode.appendChild(objectnode);

xnode = mapXML.createElement("x");
objectnode.appendChild(xnode);

textnode = mapXML.createTextNode("100");
xnode.appendChild(textnode);

trace(mapXML);

[AKADaJack]

Ok, that's great, and it's not difficult at all. Easyer than with strings. thanks a lot.