I'm trying to access an XML file (that I cannot rewrite) in Flash.
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I can access the first "title", but I can't get to the node nested in <item>. What am I missing?
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I have an application created in Flash Builder 4 that loads SWFs of flash files and I want to access movie clips within these flash files. I can access top level movie clips using:
var assetName:String = "example_mc";
this._graphics[assetName].addChild(this._customText);
However when I want to access nested movie clips I am unsuccessful, I have tried:
var assetName:String = "example_mc";
var assetName2:String = "example2_mc";
this._graphics[assetName][assetName2].addChild(this._customText);
and I have tried:
MovieClip(DisplayObjectContainer(this._graphics.getChildByName(assetName)).getChildByName(assetName2)).addChild(this._customText);
In addition I tried variants of the square brackets and "getChildByName" but still no success.All moviclips are instantiated in frame 1 of the Flash files?
Edit :I forgot to tweak my error handling so an error would be shown, plus all my tests where not showing text, late afternoon on a Mon is not my brightest hour! ;) I worked it out in the end, the solution was either (as above):
MovieClip(DisplayObjectContainer(this._graphics.getChildByName(assetName)).getChildByName(assetName2)).addChild(this._customText);
Or:
MovieClip(DisplayObjectContainer(this._graphics.getChildByName(assetName))[assetName2]).addChild(this._customText);
I thought this was going to be easy! I would like to search an XML file for a particular data set i.e. set of nodes depending on a passed variable. However, storing a subset of my XML file via Code:var gallery = this.firstChild; and then searching 'gallery' as you would an array-using a for()-doesn't work since this.firstChild isn't returning an array
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<gallery>
<collection title="Christmas 2004">
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My nested loop works fine, but I don't know how to call out a node or set of nodes in my code. Here is what I have
knobCC = [];
knobCCC = [];
var hardware = this.firstChild.childNodes;
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I've got a multilevel node structure that looks something like this
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I want to do a search for the first node that matches an id. I usually use this syntax:
xmldata.*.(@qid == "a2")[0]
but it looks like it's not working for multiple nested levels. Is there a way of finding the node without looping through and archiving the content?
im having problems with a nested loop. i found some post here, but they didn�t help me. i need to extract the individual values from a nested xml node. i simplyfied the xml.
this is the code:
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I'm trying to access a nested json array
var jsonResponse:Object = JSON.decode(response);
var foo:Object = JSON.decode(jsonResponse.nested);
var bar:Array = foo as Array;
When i inspect foo - its an object with about 50 children objects.I can read the properties of the children objects. However, when i cast foo as an Array it comes back null.I'd prefer to not iterate over each object and push it into an array.
How can I access a movie clip's children (specifically child movie clips) in jsfl? [code]...
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I'm creating an in-house application in flash for my company. I'm pulling a ton of info from a single XML file located on our server. Ten interns will be using the application on their laptops (Air 2.0). Having the data load and populate the application is not a problem. I would like them (in the application) to be able to edit an existing node value (loaded from the XML) and save it (back to the XML file) so that the XML file updates with the new value and the other 9 interns would see the change on their application.
I figure I'll need some kind of php set up, but everything I've read so far deals with creating new nodes. I need to edit and update existing node values from an existing loaded file.
Here's a very simple example of the XML:
HTML Code:
<INVENTORY>
<CODE>x1234561</CODE>
<NAME>Code1</NAME>
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I have 2 attributes of screen node which are title and tasks. how can I access these 2 attributes at the same time in AS3 Is that correct: excel.chapter.screen.(@title == "lesson").@tasks
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<content>
<item image="Mike.jpg" name="Mike" state = "New York">
<complex fid = "0"> ju675</complex>
<complex fid = "1"> kyu49</complex>
</item>
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View 0 Replieswhat im trying to do here is to make subcategories to show images like this:
villas ---> villa1--->loadmovie: photo1
villa2--->loadmovie: photo2
interior--->interior1
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I am trying to access embedded info (i.e. "html", "width", etc.) from this xml code sample.[code]...
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I am quite new to flash, basically i have a slide show running automatically which displays pictures on a timeline and also have buttons associated with each photo to display that picure when it is clicked I have added so text to show which each slide bit i want the text to become a hyper link to a website but for some reason it does not work
I have attached the *.swf unfortunately the forum wont let me attache the *.fla file
1) i tried using static text and the in the property inspector in the url section inserted the url it should target, then
2) i tried setting it to a dynamic text so that i can make use of the instance name within actionscript by doing this
say instance name of the dynamic text is called "myText" i used this code which i know it works[code]...
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This is just a snippet of the hitTest. the "charBox" is the Movieclip I'm trying to access in the char Movieclip. So where did I go wrong?
I'm trying to access a text field lying on the movie clip filmBar. I tried all kinds of things but nothing really happens, apart form the cursor turning into a text marker.This is how it looks at the moment:
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for (var j:int = 0; j<4; j++)
{
var film_btn:FilmButton = new FilmButton;
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Ok im rather new to flash so ill do best i can to describe this. I have a HealthBar movie clip with 3 layers, bottom layer is just a red rectangle, middle layer is a green rectangle that is a movie clip, and the top layer is just a border. the green rectangle movie clip has an instance name of bar. i put my HealthBar on my stage with an instance name of healthBar and i change it when the players health goes down by calling _root.healthBar.bar._xscale = health where health is 0-100.
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Im trying to simply access a movieclip (movieclipB) which is nested inside another movieclip (moveclipHome). This parent movieclip (movieclipHome) has two key frames inside, one that contains movieclipA on the first frame and movieclipB on the second frame. I can easily access movieclipA on the first frame of the movieclipHome by using the following syntax[code]...
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for(var i in this) {
trace(i); //If called at the beginning of a constructor, this would output only the nested
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