Loading an XML document

why o why does it have to be this damn confusing. cant it just be some button i can click and it just does it for me...


NO!

now on with the quick lesson.

xData = new XML();

xData.onLoad = function(success){
 if (success) {
  trace(this);
 }
}
xData.load("playlist.xml");

xData = a variable we named. The variable contains a NEW XML document XML();

xData.onLoad = function(success){ = this is the start of a new function. (read functions below to understand a bit.) We are setting up a program to check xData when something is loaded into it. This program (function) will only start if something gets loaded. xData.onLoad = function(success) - onLoad is a command and now we set it with an = sign. (success) will be a boolean. either TRUE of FALSE and success will now be a variable in this function. if (success) { = start if statement saying... if success = true then do whats in { }... trace(this) will display what was loaded.

Now that we wrote a function to look for the xData information, we now need to load something in.

xData.load("filename");

this will excute right away. once it loads, if its successful, then it will trace. if the load is not success (wrong file name) then nothing will happen.

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