Help with importing <link> from xml

[7incho]

Hi all. First of all, please excuse me my english.

I´m having a hard time trying to import de <link> from an XML.
My xml looks something like this

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<select project="xmldata" date="11/20/2004">
<object negrita="Something Her "header="Something else here"><link>document.pdf</link></object>

I´m ok with the two variables, but not having succes importing the link to the button.
I´m working with addchild
Here´s the actionscript

importXML = new XML();
importXML.ignoreWhite = true;
importXML.onLoad = function(success)
{
if (success)
{
var depth = 0;
var nextY = 10;
count = 0;
var root = this.firstChild;
// The root node
var attr = root.attributes;
for (var i = root.firstChild; i != null; i = i.nextSibling)
{
tempMC = attachMovie("box", "box"+count, depth++, {_ynextY), _x-200)});
nextY += tempMC._height + 2;
tempMC.name_txt.text = i.attributes.header;
tempMC.negrita_txt.text = i.attributes.negrita;
count ++;
}
}
}
importXML.load(data.xml);


In the movieclip "box" there is a button with the action:
on ( release )
{
getURL(link);
}

[whispers]

some suggestions.. dont use ROOT as a var..

to 'me' it seemed your XML was 'off'

<select project="xmldata" date="11/20/2004">

should be:

<select project="xmldata" date="11/20/2004" />

unless you didnt post the full XML schema/data


loading the xml should be a string value:

importXML.load("data.xml");

[7incho]

Thx whispers.
Finally i solved this issue but then I found one bigger.
There is a huge incompatibility between flash proyector and linking to pdf.
I know that I can link to a bat file, but the problem was that i have 650 pdf.
I end up opening pdf files in the explorer.
Not happy with the result, but works. Anyway, i´ll stick to webdesing. My experience developing a cd wasn´t a happy one.

Thanks for your generous answer!

[whispers]

oh..you got it solved..nice.


I was going to post an alternative solution to working with XML..

but you got it all fixed.

here it is anyways..

AS 2.0:

importXML = new XML();
importXML.ignoreWhite = true;
importXML.onLoad = function(success) {
    if (!success) {
        trace("XML failed to load");
    } else {
        trace("XML LOADED");
        
        //firstNode
        var firstNode = this.childNodes[0];
        //attributes
        var xProj = firstNode.attributes.project;
        var xDate = firstNode.attributes.date;
        
        //secondNode [objects]
        var secondNode = this.childNodes[1];
        var totalObjects = secondNode.childNodes.length;
        //trace(newline+"TOTAL OBJECTS: "+totalObjects);
        
        for (i=0;  i<totalObjects; i++) {   
            var negrita = secondNode.childNodes[i].attributes.negrita;
            var header = secondNode.childNodes[i].attributes.header;
            trace(newline+"Object Header "+(i+1)+": "+header);
            
            var totalLinks = secondNode.childNodes[i].childNodes.length;
            trace("TOTAL LINKS: "+totalLinks);
            for (s=0;  s<totalLinks; s++) {         
                var link = secondNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[s].firstChild;
                trace("LINK: "+link);
            }
        }
    }
};
importXML.load("data.xml");

the XML:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<select project="xmldata" date="11/20/2004" />


<objects>
    <object negrita="Something Here 1-1" header="Something else here  1-1">
        <link>document1-1.pdf</link>
        <link>document1-2.pdf</link>
        <link>document1-3.pdf</link>
    </object>

    <object negrita="Something Here 2-2" header="Something else here 2-2">
        <link>document2-1.pdf</link>
        <link>document2-3.pdf</link>
    </object>

</objects>