User Guide

XML.status 1053
XML.status
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_xml.status:Number
Description
Property; automatically sets and returns a numeric value that indicates whether an XML
document was successfully parsed into an XML object. The following are the numeric status
codes, with descriptions:
• 0 No error; parse was completed successfully.
• -2 A CDATA section was not properly terminated.
• -3 The XML declaration was not properly terminated.
• -4 The DOCTYPE declaration was not properly terminated.
• -5 A comment was not properly terminated.
• -6 An XML element was malformed.
• -7 Out of memory.
• -8 An attribute value was not properly terminated.
• -9 A start-tag was not matched with an end-tag.
• -10 An end-tag was encountered without a matching start-tag.
Example
The following example loads an XML packet into a SWF file. A status message displays,
depending on whether the XML loads and parses successfully. Add the following ActionScript to
your FLA or AS file:
var my_xml:XML = new XML();
my_xml.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
if (my_xml.status == 0) {
trace("XML was loaded and parsed successfully");
} else {
trace("XML was loaded successfully, but was unable to be parsed.");
}
var errorMessage:String;
switch (my_xml.status) {
case 0 :
errorMessage = "No error; parse was completed successfully.";
break;
case -2 :
errorMessage = "A CDATA section was not properly terminated.";
break;
case -3 :
errorMessage = "The XML declaration was not properly terminated.";
break;