Flex - How to edit a xml file on the server

Question

Hi!

I was wondering if it was possible to edit an xml on the server side from a web based flex application. When you use XML files in a Flex application and then compile it to upload it in the server, Flex Buidler generates a swf file with the xml data embedded. How should I do to have access to those XML files??

Thanks for your answers.

Regards. BS_C3

Answer 1

If I understand your question you're using a XML mxml tag that embeds the XML. Try to use a URLLoader instead. Maybe like this:

var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
        var myXml:XML;

        function init():void
        {
            xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
            xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest('teste.xml'));
        }
        function xmlLoaded(e:Event):void
        {
            myXml = new XML(e.target.data);
        }

Answer 2

You can load the content but you cannot save it back directly from Flash without calling some server side method. You should pass the new content (or delta) as a parameter to this method on the server side.