i agree with kenneth - swf address forms the basis of my navigation i take the current url from the swfaddress event in my model, pass it through a function to make sure the url exists and then dispatch the page change event to the rest of the application which updates the page view and the navigation
a On 5 May 2010 19:28, Kenneth Kawamoto <kennethkawam...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I understood you correctly, you want to filter the XML data according to > a variable passed to the SWF. If so you'd do something like: > > var pageDetails:String = xmlData.PAGE.(@pg_name == > loaderInfo.parameters.page).DETAILS; > // "page" is the name of the var passed to the SWF here > > But I strongly recommend you to have a look at SWFAddress, which is > absolutely indispensable framework if you are creating a site driven by > dynamic data ;) > > > Kenneth Kawamoto > http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ > > John Singleton wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ---- >> >> From: "kennethkawam...@gmail.com" <kennethkawam...@gmail.com> >>> To: Flash Coders List <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> >>> Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 12:48:28 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] XML Question >>> >>> Say for example you are in the home section and obtaining the data for >>> >> it, >> >>> you'd do: >>> >> >> var pageData:XML = xmlData.PAGE.(@pg_name == "index")[0]; >>> >>> Then build the page based on pageData XML. >>> >> >> k. Now, how can I build a switch statement to determine which page? I plan >> to pass a var to my swf, then call the data based on the value of the var >> (in this case, "index"). As stated previously, my switch statement, for >> reasons I don't understand, is giving me the value "indexcontent"; that is, >> all the values of pg_name: >> >> function completeXMLListener(e:Event):void >> { >> var xmlData:XML = XML (e.target.data); >> trace(xmldata.pa...@pg_name.tostring()) >> switch (xmldata.pa...@pg_name.tostring()) >> { >> case "index": >> pageDetails = xmlData.PAGE.DETAILS.toString(); >> break; >> case "contact": >> pageDetails = xmlData.PAGE.DETAILS.toString(); >> break; >> default: >> pageDetails = xmlData.PAGE.DETAILS.toString(); >> trace(pageDetails); >> break; >> } >> MyTextBlock(); >> } >> >> TIA, >> John >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
