Help: Catching a bad url error when loading an XMLobject?

[ChrisRauh]

When I call the following method on an XML object using a bad url:

request_xml.sendAndLoad(myurl, reply_xml);

I get the following error on the console while the application/movie plays on:

Error opening URL "http://myhost/myurl.asp"

Is there a way to catch this error? I have tried try-catch but it did not
work. the onLoad method on the XML object is not called as well.

Some have suggested that I make sure the url is correct. This is not an option
since the url is entered by the user and, of course, it can always be
wrong/malformed.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Chris

[ChrisRauh]

I just realized that the onLoad method is called with the success parameter as
false. This should work but I still wonder why an exception is not raised so
that I could pick it up on the calling sequence?