Strange XML handling problem in flash

[sparkyfire]

I posted this elsewhere and didn't get a responce so I thought I would try here. I've encountered a problem with my XML and getting flash to read it. I really need the first example to work, however it doesn't. The secound example works, but is not what I'm needing. I am using flash MX.

This doesn't work. Trace comes back undefined.

//=============Code===================
#include "XMLtoObject.as"

myXML = new XML()
myXML.ignoreWhite = true
myXML.load('celeb.xml');

myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
xo = this.toObject ();
trace(xo.lakewood.artistpic[1].attributes.jpegURL);
delete (myXML);
} else {
trace("XML file loading failed.");
}
};


//===============XML==================
<lakewood>
<artistpic jpegURL="lakewood/artist/jeremy.jpg"></artistpic>
<artistpic jpegURL="lakewood/artist/jeremy2.jpg"></artistpic>
</lakewood>

//=========END OF BAD EXAMPLE==========

I don't see a problem with the above code. So I test and can't find anything any deeper then 1 layer in xo. So I make the changes below and it works.

==============CODE====================

#include "XMLtoObject.as"

myXML = new XML()
myXML.ignoreWhite = true
myXML.load('celeb.xml');

myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
xo = this.toObject ();
trace(xo.artistpic[1].attributes.jpegURL);
delete (myXML);
} else {
trace("XML file loading failed.");
}
};

================XML======================
<artistpic jpegURL="lakewood/artist/jeremy.jpg"></artistpic>
<artistpic jpegURL="lakewood/artist/jeremy2.jpg"></artistpic>
=========================================

I need the ability to have deeper layers in my XML! Why can't I go deeper then 1 layer? What can I do to fix this?

Thank you,

Daniel

[sparkyfire]

something I thought I would add. ok, xo is being populated by the include file. This file is below


================== start of XMLtoObject.as ==================

XML.prototype.toObject = function(input_xml)
{
if (input_xml == null) {
input_xml = this;
}
// make an empty object to attach properties and other objects to
var returnObj = new Object();
var tempObj = new Object();
// loop throught the child nodes of the returned xml...
for (var nodeIndex = 0; nodeIndex < input_xml.childNodes.length; nodeIndex++) {
var currentNode = input_xml.childNodes[nodeIndex];
// for text nodes.....
if (!(currentNode.firstChild.nodeValue == null && currentNode.hasChildNodes())) {
// anything thats not another nest of nodes, just make properties from them
// creating a String object lets us add properties to it later
var tempNode = new String(currentNode.firstChild.nodeValue);
if (returnObj[currentNode.nodeName] == null) {
returnObj[currentNode.nodeName] = tempNode;
// this is used for attaching attributes later
tempObj = returnObj[currentNode.nodeName];
} else {
// make an array if it doesn't exist already
if (returnObj[currentNode.nodeName][0] == null) {
var tempObj = returnObj[currentNode.nodeName];
returnObj[currentNode.nodeName] = new Array();
returnObj[currentNode.nodeName][0] = tempObj;
}
returnObj[currentNode.nodeName].push(tempNode);
// this is used for attaching attributes later
tempObj = returnObj[currentNode.nodeName][returnObj[currentNode.nodeName].length - 1];
} } else {
// this is another nested object....
// if an object of this name doesnt exists...
if (returnObj[currentNode.nodeName] == null) {
returnObj[currentNode.nodeName] = this.toObject(currentNode);
// this is used for attaching attributes later
tempObj = returnObj[currentNode.nodeName];
} else {
// make an array if it doesn't exist already
if (returnObj[currentNode.nodeName][0] == null) {
var tempObj = returnObj[currentNode.nodeName];
returnObj[currentNode.nodeName] = new Array();
returnObj[currentNode.nodeName][0] = tempObj;
}
returnObj[currentNode.nodeName].push(this.toObject(currentNode));
// this is used for attaching attributes later
tempObj = returnObj[currentNode.nodeName][returnObj[currentNode.nodeName].length - 1];
} }
tempObj.attributes = new Object();
var attributeCounter = 0;
for (var a in currentNode.attributes) {
attributeCounter++
tempObj.attributes[a] = currentNode.attributes[a];
}
if (attributeCounter == 0) {
tempObj.attributes = null;
}
}
// return the new object
return returnObj;
}

============== end of XMLtoObject.as ======================


Thanks for all your help with this!

Daniel

[sparkyfire]

something I thought about that might help. When I call my xml document in, I can view all the contents of the xml document. It seems as though theres something going on with my include file. But its been checked and is a known working AS. If anyone has any thoughts on anything, some wild crazy thought, I'm desperate...I'll try just about anything! Theres always revert. :)

Thanks

Daniel

[sparkyfire]

here is a link to all the files used here. If you wanna check it out and see if you can find anything. This is only what you would need. There are 2 .fla's, they are test1 for the first test above and test2 for the secound test above. They each have thier own text files and use the same .as. If anyone can find anything, even that its working ok on thier computer if they try it, please let me know.

Thanks for everyones help with this problem.

Daniel

http://wpwd.net/flash/help/problem.zip