Memo: Flash and XML

Dynamic Flash with XML

1. Create XML (generate with JSP)

jsp:

<%@ page contentType="text/xml" %>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<itemlist>
...
</itemlist>

2. Load the external XML into Flash (fla). Create swf

ActionScript:

myTest = new XML(); //create a new xml object
myTest.ignoreWhite = true; //ignore whitespace
myTest.load("sample.xml");
...

3. Embed the swf (and set xml path) in HTML

HTML:

<object width="250" height="250" id="some_id">
<param name=movie value="test.swf">
<embed src="test.swf">
</embed>
</object>

Bookmarks

1. JSP / XML

• Development with JSP and XML-- Part II: JSP with XML in mind (Article by Sun)
• Working with XML: The Java/XML Tutorial (Tutorials by Sun)
• Generate dynamic XML using JavaServer Pages technology (Article by IBM)
• XML JSP Tag Library (Open Source JSP Tag Library for Java XML-driven Web Applications)

2. Flash

• Introduction to XML in Flash by kirupa.com
• XML/SWF Charts Excellent downloadable swf demo by maani.us