RE: lingo-l Xml parser xtra question
Check out the technotes at MACR. I think it has a memory leak, I think it may crash otherwise, and basically MACR says well, use the Flash one. roymeo At 08:18 AM 7/29/2003 -0400, you wrote: Thanks, Mathew. after hearing some of the issues people had with it and remaining bugs that are not fixed. So, what are some of the remaining bugs and issues with Macromedia's xml parser xtra? - Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l Xml parser xtra question
Check out the technotes at MACR. I think it has a memory leak, I think it may crash otherwise, and basically MACR says well, use the Flash one. No, not quite. To start, yes, there is a memory leak in the XML parser Xtra that's documented in a tech note: http://www.macromedia.com/go/16805 When I was asked the question how do I avoid the memory leak? I answered by indicating that folks should use the Flash XML parsing abilities as you simply can't prevent the XML Xtra's memory leak, you can only minimize it. If you ask me can this Xtra be used in any way such that the memory leak isn't a problem? then I can answer yes. The issue is that each time you call parseString you leak memory, the amount lost is proportional to the size of the string being parsed. If your movie parses a string once (for initializing as an example) then go ahead and use the XML parser Xtra, if instead your project does lots of repeated parsing then we get into a more gray area and you have to make some careful decisions. How much parsing? How often? How large are the strings you'll parse? etc. The only time I have recall having said use the Flash XML parsing abilities was in replying folks asking how to avoid the memory leak altogether. But you still can strategize on how to use the XML parser Xtra while minimizing the memory leak so it's not a problem, but that comes on a per-project evaluation of how you'll use it. Have you heard from another source that you should always and definitively use the Flash XML parsing abilities and completely forego using the XML parsing Xtra? Now, if I can get some dev time focused on fixing the memory leak we can get over this hump... ;) Cheers, Tom Higgins Product Specialist - Director Team Macromedia ... [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l Xml parser xtra question
Thanks for addressing the issue, Tom. Pardon my naiveté, but to what extent is the memory leak an issue? I am developing a learning tool that parses XML. Depending on how far into this DVD-ROM they get, the XML could get lengthier and lengthier, but I'd say not more than 10-20k of text. Could the memory leak cause a crash? I'm just not familiar with what the consequences could be with memory leaks in using the XML parser xtra. Could you please specify? And, I'd much rather use this xtra than parse the XML in Flash. Thanks, and keep up the good work developing Director! Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l Xml parser xtra question
Nice observation, Troy! Thanks!! I really do dig that object inspector. - Michael M. When debugging, is there any way to see the structure of parsed xml under the variable tabs (DMX interface). Currently, all I see there is the instance of the xtra: Xtra child XmlParser 2 2c1bfe0. I'd like to be able to see a tree view of the data. Am I missing something? When you parse the data, you parse it into an object variable... drag that into the object inspector, and viola ... tree-viewed for debugging. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l Xml parser xtra question
Thanks, Mathew. after hearing some of the issues people had with it and remaining bugs that are not fixed. So, what are some of the remaining bugs and issues with Macromedia's xml parser xtra? - Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l Xml parser xtra question
Try using Andy White's XML Parser scripts... Organizes everything nice and neat for ya... Even provides search functions... http://www.shocknet.org.uk/defpage.asp?pageID=90 If you like the way flash does it (and if you find out it is more efficient), you can always use global flash objects in director without having to use the xml xtra. But I like Andy's personally and avoided the xml xtra after hearing some of the issues people had with it and remaining bugs that are not fixed. ~Mathew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mendelsohn, Michael Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lingo-l Xml parser xtra question Hi list... When debugging, is there any way to see the structure of parsed xml under the variable tabs (DMX interface). Currently, all I see there is the instance of the xtra: Xtra child XmlParser 2 2c1bfe0. I'd like to be able to see a tree view of the data. Am I missing something? chalkboard scratch soundFlash does it, so Director should too.chalkboard scratch sound Thanks in advance, Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l Xml parser xtra question
On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 03:07 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: When debugging, is there any way to see the structure of parsed xml under the variable tabs (DMX interface). Currently, all I see there is the instance of the xtra: Xtra child XmlParser 2 2c1bfe0. I'd like to be able to see a tree view of the data. Am I missing something? When you parse the data, you parse it into an object variable... drag that into the object inspector, and viola ... tree-viewed for debugging. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
