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Old July 5th, 2008, 05:08 AM
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Default Flash / XML mp3 playlist problem

Hey there.
I am learning XML and Actionscript.
I have a problem with getting my XML data to load when my SWF is in an HTML page in a browser. When I open the SWF on it's own whether in Flash Player or browser, my playlist of songs comes up. But in the HTML page it's a no go. Here is what my XML looks like:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<playlist>
	<song title="Alliance" artist="Jack Hammer & B Mac" src="../content/music/Alliance.mp3" />
	<song title="Black Friday" artist="King Gregor" src="../content/music/BlackFriday.mp3" />
	<song title="A Dangerous Man" artist="Jack Hammer" src="../content/music/DangerousMan.mp3" />
</playlist>
And my actionscript, which admittedly I did copy and paste from a tutorial and have little idea of how it all works, I just know that it doesn't:

Code:
XMLNode.prototype.moveBefore = function(beforeNode){
	if (this == beforeNode) return (0);
	beforeNode.parentNode.insertBefore( this.cloneNode(true), beforeNode);
	this.removeNode();
}
Clamp = function(min, n, max){
	if (n<min) return min;
	if (n>max) return max;
	return n;
}



var song_spacing = 20;
var over_node;
GenerateSongListing = function(playlist_xml, target_mc){
	
	target_mc = target_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("list_mc",1);
	
	var songs = playlist_xml.firstChild.childNodes;
	for (var i=0; i<songs.length; i++){
		var song_mc = target_mc.attachMovie("song", "song"+i, i);
		song_mc._y = i*song_spacing;
		
		song_mc.node = songs[i];
		song_mc.title_txt.text = songs[i].attributes.title;
		song_mc.moved = false;
		
		song_mc.select_btn.onPress = function(){
			this._parent.onMouseMove = function(){
				if (!this.moved){
					dragline_mc._visible = true;
					dragline_mc._y = playlist_mc._y + this._y;
					highlight_mc._visible = true;
					highlight_mc._y = playlist_mc._y + this._y;
					this.moved = true;
				}
			}
		}
		
		song_mc.select_btn.onDragOver = function(){
			over_node = this._parent.node;
			dragline_mc._y = playlist_mc._y + this._parent._y;
		}
		
		song_mc.onMouseUp = function(){
			if (this.onMouseMove){
				delete this.onMouseMove;
				dragline_mc._visible = false;
				highlight_mc._visible = false;
				if (this.moved){
					this.node.moveBefore(over_node);
					GenerateSongListing(playlist_xml, playlist_mc);
				}
			}
		}
		
		song_mc.select_btn.onRelease = function(){
			if (!this._parent.moved){
				SetSong(this._parent.node);
			}
		}
		
	}
}


var playlist_xml = new XML();
playlist_xml.contentType = "text/xml";
playlist_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
playlist_xml.onLoad = function(success){
	if (success){
		GenerateSongListing(this, playlist_mc);
	}else trace("Error loading XML file"); // no success?  trace error (wont be seen on web)
}
playlist_xml.load("../xml/playlist.xml");
                
dragline_mc._visible = false;
highlight_mc._visible = false;
I'm sure it's just a simple issue. Something that I'm not aware of or haven't done properly. I'm a total newbie with XML and Actionscript and have tried most everything I could think of but so far no answers. Can anyone help?

Cheers.

Jack.
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