ME 2004: Dynamic flash with XML
Friday, November 12th, 2004presented by Cas Jacobs (sasjacobs.com)
XML Class
* textnodes count as their own node
* XMLNode.nodeType -> text = 3, element = 1
* check out the XML file browser (handy dev tool)
* use variables where possible to make code simpler
XML Components - XMLConnector / WebServiceConnector
* WSC creates SOAP request
* WebServiceConnector only connects locally
* workaround withserver side language (translate locally really)
XMLSocket Class
* i.e. chat server (would need socket server)
tips:
* assign rootNode variable (i.e. var rootNode = objXML.firstChild;)
* HTML not to be parsed -> use CDATA
* Excel (XP version) saves as XML too (but result needs cleaning: delete 2nd ‘action’ line)