660 Working with External Data
There are several sample files on your hard disk that load XML into a SWF file at runtime.
One sample demonstrates how to create a web log tracker by loading, parsing, and
manipulating XML data. You can find the sample source file, xml_blogTracker.fla, in the
Samples folder on your hard disk.
■ In Windows, browse to boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and
Tutorials\Samples\ActionScript\XML_BlogTracker.
■ On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Samples
and Tutorials/Samples/ActionScript/XML_BlogTracker.
A second sample demonstrates how to use XML and nested arrays to select strings of different
languages to populate text fields. You can find the sample source file, xml_languagePicker.fla,
in the Samples folder on your hard disk.
■ In Windows, browse to boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and
Tutorials\Samples\ActionScript\XML_LanguagePicker.
■ On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Samples
and Tutorials/Samples/ActionScript/XML_LanguagePicker.
A third sample demonstrates how to create a dynamic menu with XML data. The sample calls
the ActionScript
XmlMenu() constructor and passes it two parameters: the path to the XML
menu file and a reference to the current timeline. The rest of the functionality resides in a
custom class file, XmlMenu.as.
You can find the sample source file, xmlmenu.fla, in the Samples folder on your hard disk.
■ On Windows, browse to boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and
Tutorials\Samples\ActionScript\XML_Menu.
■ On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Samples
and Tutorials/Samples/ActionScript/XML_Menu.
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