xml help

[daj]

I am having a problem with the onLoad function for xml. I load the xml fine I can travers it and get the data from the xml. but when I want to use it outside the function it does not exist.

eventsXML = new XML();
eventsXML.load('events.xml');
eventsXML.onLoad = function(success) {
		if (success) {
		bob="ADSF";
	             trace("inside "+bob);
		}
};
trace("outside "+bob);

ok this the code I have. Assume the xml loads fine. It will trace bob "inside" fine. However it will not trace bob "outside". I have tried setting bob to _root. this, return, I cant figure it out. how do I get the date outside that fucntion so I can use it in the rest of the movie

[azwaldo]

'bob' is a var created within the fxn, so it's scope is within that fxn.

don't you want to access eventsXML anyway?

trace("outside "+bob);
trace("eventsXML: ");
trace(eventsXML);

[daj]

I do I just put a simplified code to display the proble. Once I access eventsXML I will be taking values from the xml and assigning them to movieclips and other variables in the movie. but as you see I cant get it out of that funcion if I try to trace bob from any where but in the function it returns nothing. same goes when I set variables from the xml I cant get them out of that function to use.

[azwaldo]

if I try to trace bob from any where but in the function it returns nothing.

you could establish 'bob' as a _global var on creation...

_global.bob = "ADSF";
// or _global.bob = _root.eventsXML.bob 
// if bob is in the XML file