problems with XML....

[naug]

Ok I'm creating an XML object on the first frame and loading an XML file I made up...I am currently in the beginning phases of a project and I am tryign to wrote a parser for the XML object...

BUT...it seems the XML file isn't being loaded into the Object correctly..

so here is the output from "list variables" when you are testing a movie

Level #0:
Variable _level0.$version = "WIN 5,0,30,0"
Variable _level0.myXMLParser = [function]
Variable _level0.mystring = ""
Variable _level0.myXMLObj = [object #2] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:null,
firstChild:[object #3] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:undefined,
parentNode:[object #2],
firstChild:[object #4] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:[object #5] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:[object #6] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:[object #5],
parentNode:[object #3],
firstChild:[object #7] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:[object #8] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:[object #7],
parentNode:[object #6],
firstChild:[object #9] {
nodeType:3,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #8],
firstChild:null,
lastChild:null,
childNodes:[object #10] [],
attributes:[object #11] {},
nodeName:null,
nodeValue:"BigCheese"
},
lastChild:[object #9],
childNodes:[object #12] [
0:[object #9]
],
attributes:[object #13] {
status:"supervisor"
},
nodeName:"NAME",
nodeValue:null
},
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #6],
firstChild:[object #14] {
nodeType:3,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #7],
firstChild:null,
lastChild:null,
childNodes:[object #15] [],
attributes:[object #16] {},
nodeName:null,
nodeValue:"Hello this is test text in my XML document"
},
lastChild:[object #14],
childNodes:[object #17] [
0:[object #14]
],
attributes:[object #18] {},
nodeName:"TEXT",
nodeValue:null
},
lastChild:[object #8],
childNodes:[object #19] [
0:[object #7],
1:[object #8]
],
attributes:[object #20] {},
nodeName:"MESSAGE",
nodeValue:null
},
previousSibling:[object #4],
parentNode:[object #3],
firstChild:[object #21] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:[object #22] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:[object #21],
parentNode:[object #5],
firstChild:[object #23] {
nodeType:3,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #22],
firstChild:null,
lastChild:null,
childNodes:[object #24] [],
attributes:[object #25] {},
nodeName:null,
nodeValue:"JoannaDeal"
},
lastChild:[object #23],
childNodes:[object #26] [
0:[object #23]
],
attributes:[object #27] {
status:"dealer"
},
nodeName:"NAME",
nodeValue:null
},
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #5],
firstChild:[object #28] {
nodeType:3,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #21],
firstChild:null,
lastChild:null,
childNodes:[object #29] [],
attributes:[object #30] {},
nodeName:null,
nodeValue:"Hello this is test text in my XML document"
},
lastChild:[object #28],
childNodes:[object #31] [
0:[object #28]
],
attributes:[object #32] {},
nodeName:"TEXT",
nodeValue:null
},
lastChild:[object #22],
childNodes:[object #33] [
0:[object #21],
1:[object #22]
],
attributes:[object #34] {},
nodeName:"MESSAGE",
nodeValue:null
},
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #3],
firstChild:[object #35] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:[object #36] {
nodeType:1,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:[object #35],
parentNode:[object #4],
firstChild:[object #37] {
nodeType:3,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #36],
firstChild:null,
lastChild:null,
childNodes:[object #38] [],
attributes:[object #39] {},
nodeName:null,
nodeValue:"Joanna"
},
lastChild:[object #37],
childNodes:[object #40] [
0:[object #37]
],
attributes:[object #41] {},
nodeName:"NAME",
nodeValue:null
},
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #4],
firstChild:[object #42] {
nodeType:3,
nextSibling:null,
previousSibling:null,
parentNode:[object #35],
firstChild:null,
lastChild:null,
childNodes:[object #43] [],
attributes:[object #44] {},
nodeName:null,
nodeValue:"HellothisistesttextinmyXMLdocument"
},
lastChild:[object #42],
childNodes:[object #45] [
0:[object #42]
],
attributes:[object #46] {},
nodeName:"TEXT",
nodeValue:null
},
lastChild:[object #36],
childNodes:[object #47] [
0:[object #35],
1:[object #36]
],
attributes:[object #48] {},
nodeName:"MESSAGE",
nodeValue:null
},
lastChild:[object #6],
childNodes:[object #49] [
0:[object #4],
1:[object #5],
2:[object #6]
],
attributes:[object #50] {},
nodeName:"ROOM",
nodeValue:null
},
lastChild:[object #3],
childNodes:[object #51] [
0:undefined,
1:[object #3]
],
attributes:[object #52] {},
nodeName:null,
nodeValue:null,
xmlDecl:"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>",
docTypeDecl:undefined,
status:0,
loaded:true,
onLoad:[object #1],
ignoreWhite:1
}
Variable _level0.parsedData = [object #53] []
Variable _level0.k = 4
Variable _level0.mainNode = [object #3]
Variable _level0.mainName = "ROOM"
Variable _level0.childrenOfMain = [object #49]
Variable _level0.i = 4
Variable _level0.thisNode = [object #6]
Variable _level0.nodesOfThisChild = [object #19]
Variable _level0.j = 3
Variable _level0.thisTag = undefined
Variable _level0.thisTagName = undefined
Variable _level0.messageText = null
Variable _level0.messageSender = null

yeah its confusing I know....and here is my XML file

<?xml version="1.0"?><ROOM>
<MESSAGE>
<TEXT>HellothisistesttextinmyXMLdocument</TEXT>
<NAME>Joanna</NAME>
</MESSAGE>
<MESSAGE>
<TEXT>Hello this is test text</TEXT>
<NAME status="dealer">JoannaDeal</NAME>
</MESSAGE>
<MESSAGE>
<TEXT>Hello this is test text in</TEXT>
<NAME status="supervisor">BigCheese</NAME>
</MESSAGE>
</ROOM>

I have tried it all crammed together with no whitespace except for in the tags themselves and it produces no different results

Any advice...tips...whatever would be appreciated

[naug]

argh....well it took out all my tags in my XML file when I posted...grr...well you see it gets it right hehe

grrr....ok this stupid thing cuts out the tags no matter what I do...so maybe I can put the XML file up somewhere for you to see...but there is nothing special about it.

[naug]

here is my XML file

http://www.dshep.com/stuff/myXML.xml

[VAYKENT]

Yeah.. this is my car.. and I'm having problems - it won't drive straight... but you can't look under the hood....



It would help a lot if you posted your code, instead of making us guess what your code is....

[naug]

well I figured out what the problem is,

I guess in my first post I didn't make clear what the problem was... all I was doing was importing an XML into an XML object in flash and it was producing results that I wasn't expecting. I wasn't expecting those results cause the Text Book I was using was...ehem...well it was misleading to say the least.

Anyway...no bother I got it fixed

[VAYKENT]

What were you mislead in? Maybe we could learn from you....