ActionScript 3.0 :: Dropdown Menu - Current XML Node?
Mar 18, 2009
I have a XML file:
<Books><Book>
<label>Demolehti</label>
<data>Lehti2.swf</data>
<nextfile>Lehti1.swf</nextfile>
</Book><Book>
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So, I load it into dropdown menu, label is what user sees in dropdown, data is url to swf and nextfile is url of the next swf on the list. Now if user has loaded, let's say swf number 3, Community News (lehti3.swf). Is there a way to get a content of nextfile-node of this current Book only....If I trace myXML.Book.nextfile, I get a result:
<nextfile>Lehti1.swf</nextfile>
<nextfile>Lehti3.swf</nextfile>
<nextfile>Newsletter.swf</nextfile>
<nextfile>Lehti2.swf</nextfile>
When I would like to get result
<nextfile>Newsletter.swf</nextfile>
I tried to trace current.myXML.Book.nextfile but of course it didn't work...
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