Webmaster Forum / Flash / Data Integration / May 2008

I'm having a slight problem getting XML data to read out in dynamic text files.
I'm doing a pretty small experiment here. The XML file loads fine. I just must
be making some small error in how I assign the value of the text fields to the
values in the XML file. Can anyone please tell me my error? I am using Flash
CS3 and ActionScript 3.

I have a simple XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<primary>
    <state>Montana</state>
    <race_type>primary</race_type>
</primary>

In my .fla, I have a dynamic text field with an instance name of State_name. I
have another dynamic text field with an instance name of Type_race.

Then, in my .fla, I have this code:

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoadXML);
loader.load(new URLRequest("dems.xml"));
function onLoadXML(ev:Event) {
    try {
        var myXML:XML = new XML(ev.target.data);
        var list:XMLList = myXML.primary;
       
            State_name.text = list.state;
            Type_race.text = list.race_type;
       
        }
    catch (e:TypeError) {
        trace("Could not parse the XML");
        trace(e.message);
    }
}
stop();