[FMX] calling url from xml file

[amiller]

Hello everyone, my first post. I have been searching forums and tutorials for 3 weeks now and I'm going mad! What I'm trying to do is to make a simple link in flash that is called from my xml file.

Here is a link to my project:
http://www.miuz01.com/xml_url/interactive_gallery.html

Here are the files:
http://www.miuz01.com/xml_url/links.html

I have wracked my brain for weeks trying to figure this out on my own :( I know that it has to do with the for loop and calling a new link for each project, that is what has me confused. Maybe there is an easier way to do this. Thanks anyone who can help out!

[RvGaTe]

i can see the other fields are working, sooo:

why dont you give each field group a number... so you get something like:


_root.myURL_1.heading = "blabla"
_root.myURL_1.desc = "blabla"
_root.myURL_1.image = "blabla"
_root.myURL_1.url = "blabla"

then, when you include the View Project button inside this group aswel, you can easily refer to the correct urls and namings


_root.myURL_1.viewButton.onRelease = function(){
ShowProject(_parent.heading, _parent.desc, _parent.image, _parent.url)
}

then, whenever you click on the view project button, it will call the function ShowProject, and there you can easily assign the right actionscript with the right information... ?

something like that?

[amiller]

I wish I could place the "view project" button inside the group, but I can't because in order for the group to slide, there is an exact pixel width of 245. If I place the button inside, then the slider will be out of place. I need to code the button all by itself and still reference the same xml file. Frustrating!!! Can you think of a way to do this?


i can see the other fields are working, sooo:

why dont you give each field group a number... so you get something like:


_root.myURL_1.heading = "blabla"
_root.myURL_1.desc = "blabla"
_root.myURL_1.image = "blabla"
_root.myURL_1.url = "blabla"

then, when you include the View Project button inside this group aswel, you can easily refer to the correct urls and namings


_root.myURL_1.viewButton.onRelease = function(){
ShowProject(_parent.heading, _parent.desc, _parent.image, _parent.url)
}

then, whenever you click on the view project button, it will call the function ShowProject, and there you can easily assign the right actionscript with the right information... ?

something like that?

[amiller]

I am trying here... this is what I am trying now. the button that launches the url for the project has the instance name "launch_btn". I am trying to make the button have a new url each time it is pressed for the corresponding project. Flash is giving me no errors whats going on here?:

launch_btn.url = url;
url = allGalleryData[i].firstChild.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.fi rstChild;
thisLink = new Link(url);

links.push(thisLink);

delete thisLink;
launch_btn.onPress = function(links) {
"<a href='" + links[i].url + "'target='_blank'></a><br>";
}

the updated files are available at:
http://www.miuz01.com/xml_url/links.html

my portfolio defense is next thursday. I would hate to have to go in and manually create my flash site for EACH project! XML seems so much simpler once you make it work :(