Problem with complex XML

[pijus]

Hi!
I have a problem that for some will be trivial, but for me it is getting on my
nervs.
All the tutorials and tips I have seen around about AS2 and XML are based on
very simple XML sintax done in purpose for flash, but when the XMl is a little
complicated things doesn't work for me...
I have an XML that looks something like:

<content>
<values name="">
<numbers type="" name="" mode="" / >
<shapes  color="" size="" style=""/ >
</values>
<values name="">
<members city="" pets="" model="" / >
<questions  first="" second="" third="" / >
<problems difficulty="" / >
</values>
</content>

As you see, values are different everytime, how can I access them?
Will a loop work in this structure?
THANK'S A LOT FOR YOUR HELP

[Nancy]

And this validates? It doesn't look like well formed XML to me .. it has to
be valid XML or you're asking for trouble from the getgo.


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"pijus" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:fqpn81$i33$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi!
> I have a problem that for some will be trivial, but for me it is getting
> on my
> nervs.
> All the tutorials and tips I have seen around about AS2 and XML are based
> on
> very simple XML sintax done in purpose for flash, but when the XMl is a
> little
> complicated things doesn't work for me...
> I have an XML that looks something like:
>

> <content>
> <values name="">
> <numbers type="" name="" mode="" / >
> <shapes  color="" size="" style=""/ >
> </values>
> <values name="">
> <members city="" pets="" model="" / >
> <questions  first="" second="" third="" / >
> <problems difficulty="" / >
> </values>
> </content>
>

> As you see, values are different everytime, how can I access them?
> Will a loop work in this structure?
> THANK'S A LOT FOR YOUR HELP
>

[miquael]

Look like fine XML to me ...

I am also having problems with XML parsing. And I have had success with very
simple XML, for example, with this XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<items>
<item id="0" title="0, 0" type="1" contentPath="sample.html">
<description>Description here.</description>
<georss>0 0</georss>
</item>
<item id="1" title="New York City" type="2" contentPath="sample.flv">
<description>Description here.</description>
<georss>42.3583 -75.85</georss>
</item>
<item id="2" title="Rome" type="3" contentPath="sample.html">
<description>Description here.</description>
<georss>41.54 -12.27</georss>
</item>
</items>

I can use this, and it will parse the above XML (which is then handled as
independent objects per <item> in the Node class):








public function processMarkerData (xmlData:XML):void {
// loop through all markers in the XML
// and generate a node for each one
trace ("xmlData: " + xmlData);
for each (var xmlPlacemark:XML in xmlData.item) {

trace ("success!");

// create node
var node:Node = new Node(
xmlPlacemark,
{
nodeID: nodeID,
app: this
});

}
}

[miquael]

But when I change the structure a little, this won't work! Why not? I just
want to create one Node for each <placemark> tag in the xml.

The XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2">
<Placemark id="0" type ="1">
<name>Zero - zero</name>
<description>This is at zero latitude and zero longitude</description>
<Point>
<coordinates>0,0,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>

<Placemark id="1" type ="2">
<name>Simple placemark</name>
<description>Attached to the ground. Intelligently places itself
at the height of the underlying terrain.</description>
<Point>
<coordinates>-122.0822035425683,37.42228990140251,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>

<Placemark id="2" type ="3">
<name>New York City</name>
<description>This is a rockin' town</description>
<Point>
<coordinates>42.3583,-75.85,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</kml>


Yet, I cannot even get the second "success!" trace. It's almost exactly the
same as above! (xmlData.item vs. xmlData.Placemark)






Attach Code

public function processMarkerData (xmlData:XML):void {

// loop through all markers in the XML
// and generate a node for each one
trace ("xmlData: " + xmlData);

for each (var xmlPlacemark:XML in xmlData.Placemark) {

trace ("success!");

// create node
var node:Node = new Node(
xmlPlacemark,
{
nodeID: nodeID,
app: this
});

}
}
}

[miquael]

So in this case, the children are equal, but the loop still does not work ...