I have been given an XML document and have been asked to create a Flash object that uses the variables in the XML document to generate the output.
The project is for a weather data feed which is created by the weather network (Canada). They have provided an XML file and a set of icons to display weather it's snowing, raining, sunny, etc.
Here is what the tags look like:
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- <PERIOD ID="2" DATE="04/01/2009 18:00" NAME_EN="This afternoon" ICON="a" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Isolated showers" TEMPERATURE="10" POP="90" />
We have four cities in the XML document (as we have four locations of business). We need to be able to tell Flash which location it is currently, hard-coded.
Here is the code for a complete location:
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- <SITE NAME_EN="Kingston" PROV_EN="Ontario" COUNTRY_EN="Canada" LOCATIONID="CAON0349">
- <OBS DATE="04/01/2009 08:00" ICON="b" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Partly cloudy" TEMPERATURE="6" WIND_CHILL="N/A" WIND_SPEED="13" WIND_DIR="SE" />
- <PERIOD ID="2" DATE="04/01/2009 18:00" NAME_EN="This afternoon" ICON="r" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Light rain" TEMPERATURE="6" POP="90" />
- <PERIOD ID="3" DATE="04/02/2009 00:00" NAME_EN="This evening" ICON="an" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Scattered showers" TEMPERATURE="5" POP="90" />
- <PERIOD ID="4" DATE="04/02/2009 06:00" NAME_EN="Tonight" ICON="an" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Isolated showers" TEMPERATURE="2" POP="40" />
- <PERIOD ID="5" DATE="04/02/2009 12:00" NAME_EN="Thursday morning" ICON="h" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Mainly sunny" TEMPERATURE="4" POP="0" />
- <WEEKDAY ID="2" DATE="04/02/2009 12:00" NAME_EN="Thursday, Apr 2" ICON="h" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Mainly sunny" HIGH_TEMP="9" LOW_TEMP="2" />
- <WEEKDAY ID="3" DATE="04/03/2009 12:00" NAME_EN="Friday, Apr 3" ICON="r" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Light rain" HIGH_TEMP="11" LOW_TEMP="7" />
- <WEEKDAY ID="4" DATE="04/04/2009 12:00" NAME_EN="Saturday, Apr 4" ICON="r" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Cloudy with showers" HIGH_TEMP="9" LOW_TEMP="3" />
- <WEEKDAY ID="5" DATE="04/05/2009 12:00" NAME_EN="Sunday, Apr 5" ICON="h" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Sunny with cloudy periods" HIGH_TEMP="7" LOW_TEMP="2" />
- <WEEKDAY ID="6" DATE="04/06/2009 12:00" NAME_EN="Monday, Apr 6" ICON="r" FORECAST_TEXT_EN="Light rain" HIGH_TEMP="7" LOW_TEMP="3" />
- </SITE>
Thanks in advance for any help I may receive!