flash actionscript: xml and dynamically created text boxes? -- flash actionscript

Re: xml and dynamically created text boxes?

Lord Yoda
7/20/2004 9:14:08 PM

You don't need to use asp at all. You say you can already get xml to
display, so all you need to know is that you need to loop through each
xml row and then create an object (I assume you mean text box) inside
each clip. Assuming you're using MX 2004, look up 'Creating text fields
at runtime' in the help. Otherwise search for the createTextField()
function.

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Re: xml and dynamically created text boxes?

Lord Yoda
7/20/2004 9:33:36 PM

Continued from my previous post...

and if you were really clever, you'd create a base class that all three
clips inherit from. That way you'd only have to write the code once.
Alternatively, make sure that you write functions that can be called by
all three clips to save you having to write the code three times. I'm
assuming that even though the xml is different, the display will be the
same.

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Re: xml and dynamically created text boxes?

Lord Yoda
7/20/2004 11:05:04 PM

You don't have to create an array, but if you do it simply means that
you can loop through all the boxes inside your clip AND you don't have
to change the code if you add lines to the xml file.

For example, here's some pseudo-code (not real code, just describes the
process in a code-like way);

while(still another xml row) {
get the next xml row
create a new textfield
store the textfield in the array of textfields
position the textfield
assign your xml data to the textfield

add an offset to the variable that holds the
x y coordinates of the next textfield
}

This will just keep going until there are no more xml rows. Like this,
you don't have to change your code if you add more xml rows.

Also, if you have to reposition your textfields or do anything to them,
you can do it in a loop - no code changes when you change the xml! It
all takes care of itself.

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