create CDATA tag dinamically. is it possible?

[Giano]

Hi guys, just a small question!
Is it possible to create dinamically the CDATA tag in flash?

Like, suppose that you want to create this XMLNode:

<mynode><![CDATA[test]]></mynode>

How would you do it? There's no problems in creating the first part of it ( <mynode />), but what about the CDATA tag?

anyhelp?

Thanks in advance

[whispers]

cant you just add it as a 'string'?

how are you building your XML object in flash?

[Giano]

Hi whispers,

in fact it's what I do, I add it as a string and pass the whole thing to a .php file which 'writes' my xml page. The problem is that it doesn't work!
I mean, I cannot create the '<' '>' correctly as a xml tag, they're coded as a string...so it doesn't work.

My code looks like this one:

var doc:XML = new XML();

var element1:XMLNode = doc.createElement("element1");
var element2:XMLNode = doc.createElement("element2");

doc.appendChild(element1);
element1.appendChild(element2);

var _myvalue:String = "this is just a test"
var textNode1:XMLNode = doc.createTextNode("<![CDATA["+_myvalue+"]]>");

element2.appendChild(textNode1);

trace(doc);
//<element1><element2>&lt;![CDATA[this is just a test]]&gt;</element2></element1>

As you can see the "<" is coded as "&lt;" and the ">" as "&gt;"

Any help?

[a_modified_dog]

try urlencoding the characters -

var doc:XML = new XML();

var element1:XMLNode = doc.createElement("element1");
var element2:XMLNode = doc.createElement("element2");

doc.appendChild(element1);
element1.appendChild(element2);

var _myvalue:String = "this is just a test"
var textNode1:XMLNode = doc.createTextNode("%3c![CDATA["+_myvalue+"]]%3e");

element2.appendChild(textNode1);

str = unescape(doc.toString());
trace(str);
//<element1><element2><![CDATA[this is just a test]]></element2></element1> 

hth

[Giano]

Hi there man,
thanks for your help and sorry for 'being late' but I've been away for a while. Your hint was right, unfortunately it doesn't work. I don't know what is wrong with itI've attached my file so if you're willing to give it a look...

Basically what I wanted to do is create a small file that could modify a simple xml structure. The data are sent to .php page (that I've found here on flashkit) which 'creates' the xml'.
When I load the .xml file, I select the line to modify throuhg the compobox, then what I do I simply delete the line that I want to modidy and create a new one that I paste in the place of the deleted one. It works fine except that the fact I couldn't create the CDATA tag. The 'unescape' seems to work fine but now the trouble is that I can't create the new xml file, for some reason it doesn't work! Do you think that's because I'm tring to send a string?

giano

[Giano]

Huh it seems that the problem is the .php script that should create the .xml file. I've found this one in the movie section (reference goes to Andrew Ryan) :

<?
clearstatcache();
$filename=$xmlToSave;;
$fp=@fopen($filename,"w");
$rec=$xmlContent;
fwrite($fp,$rec);
fclose($fp);
chmod($filename, 0775 );
if ($fp) {
echo ("&erro=NONE&statusText=SUCCESS! changes saved to database!");
} else {
echo ("&erro=OK&statusText=SERVER ERROR!, there was a problem. Pls try again!");
exit();
}

?>

Changed those lines in the flush function:

function flush() {
xmlToSave = "testi.xml"
xmlContent = myXML
nomod.text = xmlContent;
loadVariablesNum ("savexml.php", "", "POST");
_root.statusText = "saving changes, pls wait...";
}

And it works just fine!
Now do you think it's possible to set a sendAndLoad instead of loadVariablesNum?