"LostFlashSoul" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm calling an external xml file and loading it into Flash.
>
> I can only pull the varables out in the onLoad function. Here it is.
>
> var courseXML:XML = new XML();
> courseXML.ignoreWhite = true;
> courseXML.load("presentSlidesOne.xml");
>
>
> courseXML.onLoad = function(bSuccess:Boolean):Void {
> if (bSuccess && this.status == 0) {
> var xnRoot:XMLNode = new XMLNode(3, this.firstChild);
> var xnHelpText:XMLNode = new XMLNode(3,
> this.firstChild.firstChild);
> trace(xnHelpText.nodeValue);
> }
> else {
> trace("document failed to load or parse.");
> }
>
> };
>
>
> //stop();
>
> All these trace statements produce the desired result.
>
> However, I can't get the data out and available globally. In other words,
> I
> want the same variable statements to exist outside the onLoad function
> call, so
> that I can actually use the data. Anybody know how to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>

"thephatp" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Lon,
>
> I'm having a similar problem, and I've already declared the variables
> outside
> of the scope. I'm not sure how scoping works in Flash (but I do in
> general, as
> I'm a software developer), but this doesn't seem to be doing what is
> expected.
> Here is a very shortened version of what I'm tring to do:
>
> var myLoadableData = new LoadVars() ;
> myLoadableData.load( myFile ) ;
>
> var textFromFile:String ;
>
> myLoadableData.onLoad = function( success )
> {
> if( success )
> {
> textFromFile = myLoadableData.songVar ;
> }
> }
>
> _root.dbox.text = ":: " + textFromFile ;
>
>
> At this point, str is null / undefined. Any ideas?
>
> [q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Newsgroup User[/b][/b][/i]
> Declare variable outside the onLoad method. Ex:
> var xnRoot:XMLNode;
> var xnHelpText:XMLNode;
> then use them inside onLoad. ex:
> xnRoot= new XMLNode(3, this.firstChild);
> xnHelpText = new XMLNode(3, this.firstChild.firstChild);
>
> As well you can use the courseXML variable outside the onLoad
> var xnRoot:XMLNode = new XMLNode(3, courseXML.firstChild);
> In this case you call another function to use it or move to another frame.
>
> [/q]
>
>
>
> var myLoadableData = new LoadVars() ;
> myLoadableData.load( myFile ) ;
>
> var textFromFile:String ;
>
> myLoadableData.onLoad = function( success )
> {
> if( success )
> {
> textFromFile = myLoadableData.songVar ;
> }
> }
>

"thephatp" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Lon,
>
> thanks for the info. I was wondering if that would matter. I've gotten
> so
> close now, to getting this working, but I can't seem to make it work
> completely. I'm doing all of this in a class, so it's making it a little
> different. I read somehwere that the onLoad function doesn't process
> until the
> end of the frame (after the frame completes), so I'm getting the values at
> the
> wrong time. Is there a way to force the onLoad immediately?
>
> Maybe putting the code BEFORE the load function will help. I'll try that,
> but
> I think I tried that last night and it didn't work. But i'll try it
> again.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chad
>
> [q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Newsgroup User[/b][/b][/i]
> Do not see str in the code? Perhaps you mean testFromFile?
>
>
> _root.dbox.text = ":: " + textFromFile ;
> You would want the above line to be inside the onLoad method or in a
> function called by the onLoad method.
>
> Also realize with anonomous function assignments the do occur at run time
> and not a compile time. Thus you do want to have the onLoad assignment
> before the load method. Because the load method is dependent on network
> traffic, often the timing allows the order you have, but often in testing
> the speed is such load completes before the onLoad line is reached and
> thus
> load did not know about the callback function. Overall you do not want
> code
> where there is an outside chance that the load method would complete
> before
> the assignment line for onLoad. In summary you want to execute function
> assignments before they could be used.[/q]
>