How to display XML data (extracted from PHP) in an Adobe Air Application ?

Question

Hello

I would like to create a small Adobe Air application which would extract XML data from my site and display it in my Adobe air application.

I have the xml part setup, when i run the xml file, it displays the results in the browser. Now what i need is to display the same results in my adobe air application.

For e.g. I have a simple form

<form name="review" action="admin_xml.php" method="post">
<textarea name="xml" cols="40" rows="10"></textarea>    
<input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit Request">
</form>

I enter the following XML data into the form.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GetOrdersIds version="1.0">
    <Credentials>
     <Username>my_user</Username>
     <Password>my_pass</Password>
    </Credentials>
    <Criterions>
     <OrderNumber></OrderNumber>
     <NameEmail></NameEmail>
     <Keyword></Keyword>
     <StartDate>2009-01-01</StartDate>
     <EndDate></EndDate>
     <OrderStatus></OrderStatus>
     <ShipToCountry></ShipToCountry>
     <ShipToState></ShipToState>
     <CreditCardType></CreditCardType>
    </Criterions>
</GetOrdersIds>

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When i submit the form, i get all the order id's from 2009-01-01 till date and it get displayed in the browser.

Is there a way to run that HTML form in an adobe air application such that I enter the XML element values it should go through the admin_xml.php file and get the results. I dont want to enter the XML Skeleton again and again. I only want to able to enter the values for those elements.

Are there any tutorials or books which deal with this topic ?

Answer 1

Building an XML viewer on AIR with Flex describes how to build an application that "translates" a specific xml format to a specific display format.

Using AIR for XSLT Processing describes how you can utilize the xslt processor and built-in html engine.