Hey edua91,

There are many many ways to load an xml file into your app. Let's assume you have the following .xml file in data/my_file.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<people>
   <person>
       <name>James</name>
       <age>24</age>
   </person>
   <person>
       <name>Cynthia</name>
       <age>33</age>
   </person>
</people>

Here are some methods:

     1. (simple mxml)

1. <fx:Declarations>
       <fx:XML id="myXml" source="data/my_file.xml" />
   </fx:Declarations>
   

     2. (use HTTPService, as seen here)

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" 
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" 
        initialize="myHttpService.send()">
   
        <fx:Script>
             <![CDATA[
                   import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
                   import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
   
                   public var myData:ArrayCollection;
   
                   protected function myHttpService_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void {
                        myData = event.result.people.person;
                   }
              ]]>
        </fx:Script>
            <fx:Declarations>
                 <s:HTTPService id="myHttpService"
                                url="data/my_file.xml"
                                result="myHttpService_resultHandler(event)"/>
            </fx:Declarations>
   </s:Application>
   

     3. (embed in actionscript)

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" 
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" 
        initialize="init()">
   
        <fx:Script>
            <![CDATA[
                  
                 [Embed(source=data/my_file.xml, mimeType=application/octet-stream)]
                 public var MyXMLData:Class;
                 public var myData:XML;
                  
                 public function init():void {
                    var byteArray:ByteArray = new MyXMLData() as ByteArray;
                    myData = new XML(byteArray.readUTFBytes(byteArray.length));
                 }
   
            ]]>
        </fx:Script>
   
   </s:Application>
   

     4. (using data/services panel!!!! what i really wanted to tell you)

• start with a new application and add my_file.xml as done previously
• Data/Services >>>>>> connect to data/service
• HTTP
• Operation: getData     ||||||||   URL: data/my_file.xml
• Service name: myLocalDataService
• finish data/services
• goto design view. add a dataGrid to the app
• in properties panel click the 'bind to data'
• select the service we created and configure the return type
• auto-detect >>>>> sample xml (window should display our my_file.xml contents)
• select root should be person (not people).
• finished!
• if you want to bind the xml to a variable, you'll need to listen for a result event on the CallResponder

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" 
                     xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" 
                     xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo" 
                     xmlns:mylocaldataservice="services.mylocaldataservice.*">
        
        <fx:Script>
             <![CDATA[
                  import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
                  import mx.controls.Alert;
                  import mx.events.FlexEvent;
                  import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
                  
                  public var myData:ArrayCollection;
   
                  protected function dataGrid_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void {
                       getDataResult.token = myLocalDataService.getData();
                  }
   
                  protected function getDataResult_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void {
                       myData = event.result as ArrayCollection;
                  }
   
             ]]>
        </fx:Script>
        <fx:Declarations>
             <s:CallResponder id="getDataResult" result="getDataResult_resultHandler(event)"/>
             <mylocaldataservice:MyLocalDataService id="myLocalDataService" fault="Alert.show(event.fault.faultString + '\n' + event.fault.faultDetail)" showBusyCursor="true"/>
        </fx:Declarations>
        <mx:DataGrid x="260" y="175" id="dataGrid" creationComplete="dataGrid_creationCompleteHandler(event)" dataProvider="{getDataResult.lastResult}">
             <mx:columns>
                  <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="name" dataField="name"/>
                  <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="age" dataField="age"/>
             </mx:columns>
        </mx:DataGrid>
        
   </s:Application>
   

pretty cool, non?

- e

where is this file?! ;-p

the wizard is different from beta1 to beta2

in beta1 you need to enter a sample of the XML/JSON response. copy the contents of the my_file.xml into the text area box. that should get you on your way.

- e