ActionScript 3.0 :: Loading XML - Waiting For Variable To Be Set?
Mar 13, 2010
The problem I have is that the amount of elements in my XML is variable, and I need to initially place objects on the stage depending on the data in the XML file. Both how many objects to place and their positions are in the XML file. I can't get it to wait until it's looked at the XML file before continuing through my code, obviously erroring when it doesn't know how many there are. It gets through all my code before finally coming back to run the function to grab the XML. I have tried putting setting a variable within the function, and a while loop outside the function waiting to that variable to be set, but it never happens if I do it this way.
Code:
var items:Array = new Array();
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, handleXMLLoaded);
loader.load(new URLRequest("[URL]"));
function handleXMLLoaded(e:Event):void {
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