Which method would you like me to expand on? On 1/24/2011 12:33 PM, Christopher Lucas wrote:
Anthony, I agree, it is hard to read these emails...but anyway, you said:OOPS...thank goodness I re-read my last post... realized I screwed up, because the first version I made should actually modify your original xml. Wow, sometimes I wish this was like a web Forum and you could just click edit. I had used XMLList, when it should have been new XML, and you should be sending in the imgList.IMAGE section. As well, in addition the quick fix, I updated the code to show the different method that makes a randomized Typed Array (otherwise known as a vector) that points to the index locations in the original xml. Don't hesitate to tell me if I screwed up again. //Updated example var ss:XML =<SLIDESHOW SPEED="2"><IMAGE SRC="images1.jpg" DESC="Rome"/> <IMAGE SRC="images2.jpg" DESC="Paris"/> <IMAGE SRC="images3.jpg" DESC="Cairo"/> <IMAGE SRC="images4.jpg" DESC="London"/> <IMAGE SRC="images5.jpg" DESC="New Yor City"/> <IMAGE SRC="images6.jpg" DESC="Paris"/> <IMAGE SRC="images7.jpg" DESC="Tokyo"/> <IMAGE SRC="images8.jpg" DESC="Toronto"/> <IMAGE SRC="images9.jpg" DESC="Nepal"/> <IMAGE SRC="images10.jpg" DESC="Venice"/> <IMAGE SRC="images11.jpg" DESC="what"/> <IMAGE SRC="images12.jpg" DESC="ever"/> <IMAGE SRC="images13.jpg" DESC="you"/> <IMAGE SRC="images14.jpg" DESC="get"/> <IMAGE SRC="images15.jpg" DESC="the"/> <IMAGE SRC="images16.jpg" DESC="idea"/> </SLIDESHOW>; var imgList:XML = new XML(ss); function randXMLList(xl:XMLList):void{ var sn:int;//swap number var xh:XML;//temp xml holder var i:int=0; var l:int = xl.length(); while(i!=l){ sn = Math.floor(Math.random() *l); xh = xl[i]; xl[i] = xl[sn]; xl[sn] = xh; ++i; } } randXMLList(imgList.IMAGE); trace('............original xml...........\n'+ss.IMAGE+'\n\n'); trace('..........New Modified xml.........\n'+imgList.IMAGE+'\n\n'); //different method var l:int = ss.IMAGE.length(); var randi:Vector.<int>=new Vector.<int>(l,true);//random array for index values var tv:int;//temp value var sn:int;//swap number for(var i:int = 0; i!=l;++i){ randi[i]=i; } trace('...original order...\n'+randi+'\n'); for(i=0;i!=l;++i){ sn = Math.floor(Math.random()*l); tv = randi[sn]; randi[sn] = randi[i]; randi[i] = tv; } trace('...modified order...\n'+randi+'\n\n...IMAGE SRC values...'); //example of how to make use of it for(i=0;i!=l;++i){ trace(ss.IMAGE[randi[i]].@SRC); } I'm confused.... are you listing the path to the image and desc in the AS3 code? I'm lost in what you have posted. I have over 300 images that are contained in my XML file. With more likely to be added. Sorry to be dense, but I'm not understanding your method. Any chance you can expand?? Thanks! _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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