[RESOLVED] XMLList to an Array?

[madkat]

What is the process for feeding XMLList values to a URLRequest method?

Say I have an array:

code:

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var imageURLS:Array = ["images/image1.png", "images/image2.png", "images/image3.png"];

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Then I feed a loader instance:

code:

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var loader:Loader = new Loader();

loader.load(new URLRequest(imageURLS[0])); // imageURLS[0] traces 'string'

addChild(loader);



// works great, no problem...

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...now say I want to bring these images in via XML rather than an array:

code:

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var xmlData:XMLManager = new XMLManager("images.xml");

xmlData.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadXML);

xmlData.start();



var pathList:XMLList = new XMLList();



function loadXML(event:Event):void {

	pathList = xmlData.xmlContent.image.path.text();

	firstPath = pathList[0].toString();

}



trace(firstPath); // traces 'images/image1.png'

trace(typeof(firstPath)); // traces 'string'



trace(imageURLS[0]); // traces 'images/image1.png'

trace(typeof(imageURLS[0])); // traces 'string'



var loader:Loader = new Loader();

loader.load(new URLRequest(firstPath)); 

addChild(loader);



// OUTPUT: 'Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2035: URL Not Found'

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Way I see it is the traces above are the same, where am I wrong?

[jAQUAN]

By the looks of the code, you've got a timing issue. If you run all that at once, there's a chance the .xml isn't loaded by the time you call loader.load(new URLRequest(firstPath));

Try creating a function called loadFirstImage() or something that loadXML calls.

var pathList:XMLList;
var firstPath:String;

function loadXML(event:Event):void {
    pathList = xmlData.xmlContent.image.path.text();
    firstPath = pathList[0].toString();
        loadFirstImage();
}

function loadFirstImage():void{
  var loader:Loader = new Loader();
  loader.load(new URLRequest(firstPath)); 
  addChild(loader);
} 

[madkat]

Thanks jAQUAN - I'll try that - sorry, missed the first line you posted.

[madkat]

By the looks of the code, you've got a timing issue. If you run all that at once, there's a chance the .xml isn't loaded by the time you call loader.load(new URLRequest(firstPath));

Hot damn I think that's our answer man! Thank you thank you... this issue has plagued me for ages.