How to read XML?

Thank you for your reply. I understand what you are saying. The only issue is when we define

myxml.childNodes[1].firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes

we are restricting to the firstChild ie the first SET, i did mention if we have for example 5 sets, i dont want to keep on defining

myxml.childNodes[1].childNodes[0].childNodes

myxml.childNodes[1].childNodes[1].childNodes

myxml.childNodes[1].childNodes[2].childNodes

myxml.childNodes[1].childNodes[3].childNodes

myxml.childNodes[1].childNodes[4].childNodes

even if i place them in some loop, how to know the length of the childNodes?

Just a further help needed

I modified everything but just need a minor help in figuring out why it is getting an error opening url.

code:-

for (i=1; i<imgs.childNodes.length; i++) {
        for (a=0; a<imgs.childNodes[i].childNodes.length; a++){
              
        nextImg["loc"+i] = imgs.childNodes[i].childNodes[a].attributes.url;
       
        }
    }

    a = 0;

            toolTipMC.previous.onRelease = function() {
   
            if (a>0) {
                a--;
                toolTipMC.img.imgHolder.loadMovie(nextImg[myBtn._name]);

            
             if (a==0) {
              
                toolTipMC.img.imgHolder.loadMovie(nextImg[myBtn._name]);
            }
        }

  }
        toolTipMC.next.onRelease = function() {

            if (a<2) {
                a++;

                toolTipMC.img.imgHolder.loadMovie(nextImg[myBtn._name]);

            }

        };
};

XML: changed it completely. took the sets out of the tag images.

<data>

</data>
<imagesSet>
        <image url="images/1.jpg"></image>
        <image url="images/2.jpg"></image>
        <image url="images/3.jpg"></image>   
</imagesSet>
<imagesSet>
        <image url="images2/1.jpg"></image>
        <image url="images2/2.jpg"></image>
        <image url="images2/3.jpg"></image>
</imagesSet>
<imagesSet>
        <image url="images3/1.jpg"></image>
        <image url="images3/2.jpg"></image>
        <image url="images3/3.jpg"></image>
</imagesSet>

You got it right, now it is loading at least however just the last item from the imageSet. I named all of them respectively, imageSet1, imageSet2, imageSet3.

my code is the same. Please help :-(

Nopes,

You didnt get what i asked for.

see, once i click on a button, it should fetch the content from xml to the movieclip(toolTipMC) on the stage, movieclip(toolTipMC) have a start button, once we click on that, it should fetch the very first image from the respective set(loc1, loc2, loc3) underneath there is next and previous button, when clicked on the next it should bring the next image from the same set.

I am just stuck with the next and previous code.

for(i=0;i<imgs.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes.length;i++){
for(a=0;a<imgs.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[i].childNodes.length;a++){

nextImg["loc"+i] = imgs.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[i].childNodes[a].attributes.url;

}

a = 0;

            toolTipMC.previous.onRelease = function() {
        
            if (a>0) {
                a--;
                toolTipMC.img.imgHolder.loadMovie(nextImg[myBtn._name]); //myBtn._name are loc1, loc2, loc3
            
         }

        toolTipMC.next.onRelease = function() {

          newTotal = x.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[myBtn._name.charAt(3)].childNodes.length;

          
            if (a<newTotal) {
                a++;
                toolTipMC.img.imgHolder.loadMovie(nextImg[myBtn._name]);

            }

Hey thanks, however i got a way through. I did not run a second loop of j. I just divided myxml.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[i].childNodes[j] into two.

1.  myxml.firstChild.nextSibling.childNodes[i].childNodes

2. [j]

so passing j value via my click and adding to my 1st.