xml question

[nata]

I try to display xml content in a text box with flash5, can display firstchild nodevalue, but firstchild.firstchild.nodevalue gives me always null. The xml file text is something like this:
Please, help, who can help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hair:

flower

[thoriphes]

hm...i've never seen an XML file that looked like a sea horse....;)

can you attach the file?

[nata]

only now it is a flower (instead of a horse)

[thoriphes]

slideshow = xmldata.firstChild;
slide = slideshow.firstChild;
slideval = slide.firstChild.nodeValue; // "flower" is a "child" of slide

anything within the tags is considered a "child".
also, i hope you're using angle brackets and not those square brackets.

[nata]

yes, it looks similar to yours, but does not work:
my_xml = new XML();
my_xml.onLoad = function () { mytext = my_xml.firstchild.firstchild.nodename;};
my_xml.load("myxmlfile.xml");

[nata]

Oh, stupid me, see my mistake.
Thank you a lot
now will try the variant you gave me!!!!!!!!!!

[thoriphes]

when you do an onLoad with XML you have to pass a success parameter:
my_xml = new XML();
my_xml.onLoad = function (success) {
if (success) {
mytext = this.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;
}
};
my_xml.load("myxmlfile.xml");

Also, within functions, you have to use "this" to refer to its own objects.

[nata]

nice try. Just copied and pasted yours, does not work.
thank you anyway.

[thoriphes]

hm...still doesn't work?

i'm more familiar with MX's XML code, so what I have there may be different from 5's XML.