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bdq1772 - 30 Jun 2007 05:57 GMT

I'm trying to get the Data Integration Simple Application to run in Flash 8
Pro. I went step by step through the tutorial, it's the one that uses the
"dinner_menu.xml in the Flash 8 sample folder. I added the Data Grid, Data Set,
Button, xml Connector and the action script. When I save and run I get the data
grid component and the button but the button doesn't load the xml data into the
grid. Has anyone tried this tutorial? I've gone through it three times and
still can't get it to run. Thanks

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wizbang - 30 Jun 2007 18:06 GMT

I had no problems with this tutorial. Some things that were a little confusing
to me were the actual XML files to use. Do you have the dinner_menu.xml file
and is it located in the same directory as your your flash document? Is
everything showing up in the component inspectors like it should? Have you
tried the other tutorial in the Data Integration part of the Tutorials section?
The dinner menu example is in the Using Flash section.

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bdq1772 - 30 Jun 2007 18:28 GMT

Everything makes sense except the data grid label. I've copied the following
out of the tutorial:

"Create the user interface, which consists of two components--a button that
triggers data retrieval and a data grid to display the data: From the
Components panel, add a DataGrid instance named menu_dg to the Stage with width
540 and height 240. Also from the Components panel, add a Button component
instance named loadData below the data grid labeled Load Data."

I don't know how to label the data grid with the name "Load Data". I gave it
an instance name of menu_dg like the instructions say to do.

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