Flash AS3 - Display an error if the XML if incorrect
- by ongoingworlds
Hi, I'm creating a flash application which loads in some XML which is generated dynamically from the CMS. I want to display an error in case the XML file isn't formatted correctly. When I test this with incorrectly formatted XML, it will just get to the line myXML = XML(myLoader.data); and then just bomb out. How can I catch the error, display a message to the user, but the flash program to continue as normal.
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XMLfile);
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
myLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, xmlFailed);
var myXML:XML;
//--when the xml is loaded, do this
function xmlLoaded(e:Event):void
{
myXML = XML(myLoader.data);
trace("XML = "+myXML);
}
//--if the xml fails to load, do this
function xmlFailed(event:IOErrorEvent):void
{
errorMsg.text = "The XML file cannot be found"
}
