How do I assign xml attributes

newfile = "<item id='" + id + "'><name>" + xmlsetName + "</name><age>" + xmlAge + "</age></item>";

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Deepanjan Das

Thanks, but I would prefer to keep my syntax - not makiing it a string..
It works fine as long as I only use nodes and is going to be send through php.
What Im looking for is the right syntax """{id}"""

In Flash the bindlable {} will not work, its for Flex I guess.
Hence then try creating a XMLNode and using appendChild and adding attributes to the nodes.

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Deepanjan Das

Oh yes, it works. Originally I had the id in a node, and that worked flawlessly.

newfile = <item><id>{id}</id><name>{xmlsetName}</name><age>{xmlAge}</age></item>; 

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but since I want to catch the corresponding nodes of the id, I assumed it would be better to place it in an attribute of the parentnode item.
What Im trying to do is to check if an id-number is in an xml-file. If it is, I want the corresponding name and age placed in each a dynamic textfield.
else I want to generate an id-number and place som input-textfields.
And thats where newfile is relevant.
My problem is that I cant get the if else work.
if the "id" doesnt exist, the else-part isnt executed.

That is really cool that you can use Bindable parenthesis {} in Flash, please may I know which version are you using in Flash IDE?
And can you share your code snippet of where you used the if else condition.

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Deepanjan Das

Well, Im still on CS4.
I might return with the if else problem. Something is definitively wrong...
But if you would check it, I'd be gratefull.

myXML = XML(myxmlLoader.data);
idLength=myXML.item;
for (var i:int; i < idLength.length(); i++ ) {
if (idLength[i].id==id){
nametxt.text=idLength[i].(id==id).name;
agetxt.text=idLength[i].(id==id).age;
}
else{
nametxt.text="Input your name";
agetxt.text="input your age";
}

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and the xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<items>
  <item>
    <id>106BB10495</id>
    <name>James</name>
    <age>65</age>
  </item>
  <item>
    <id>9915R72620</id>
    <name>Jerry</name>
    <age>87</age>
  </item>
  <item>
    <id>013R293445</id>
    <name>Jimmy</name>
    <age>22</age>
  </item>
</items>

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In your comparison:

if (idLength[i].id==id)

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where will the variable "id" come from?

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Deepanjan Das

id wil come from flashvars.

It seems that I cant iterate. If is only correct, if the correct id is placed first in the xml.

Try this:

myXML = XML(myxmlLoader.data);

nametxt.text="Input your name";
agetxt.text="input your age";

nametxt.text = myXML.item.(id == flashVarId).name;
agetxt.text = myXML.item.(id == flashVarId).age;

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Deepanjan Das

Ahh, okay, I dont have to iterate.
That helped on getting the correct id, nomatter where it was in the xml, but Im still having problems with the else part. If it isnt comparable to any id in the xml, nothing happens.

if(myXML.item.(id == flashVarId)){
nametxt.text = myXML.item.(id == flashVarId).name;
agetxt.text = myXML.item.(id == flashVarId).age;
}
else{
nametxt.text="Input your name";
agetxt.text="input your age";
}

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if flashVarId doesnt exist in xml, nothing will show in the textfield.

If you use my script under ID:34949282, then you will not have to write the else part.
This is because, by default the values are set first, then the actual values are set based on id match.

So if the ids do not match nothing happens and the default values are set.

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Deepanjan Das

Well, in fact Im not only setting new values to the textfield, Im also changing the textfield to inputtype with borders and other input-features like eventlisteners
so in reality it will be looking like this:
var nametxt:TextField=new TextField();
var agetxt:TextField=new TextField();
inputTF();
valuesTF(); //This is if the FlashVarsId is present in the xml
addChild(nametxt);
addChild(agetxt);
which again results in that nothing happens if the FlashVarsId isnt present in the xml

function inputTF(){
	nametxt.x=100;
	nametxt.y=58;
    nametxt.width=190;
	nametxt.height=18;
    nametxt.border=true;
	nametxt.borderColor=0x666666;
	nametxt.selectable=true;
	nametxt.background=true;
	nametxt.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
	nametxt.text="Input your name";
	nametxt.setTextFormat(preInputFormat);
	nametxt.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE,updatetext);
	nametxt.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,removeNameText);
	
	agetxt.x=100;
	agetxt.y=83;
	agetxt.width=190;
	agetxt.height=18;
	agetxt.border=true;
	agetxt.borderColor=0x666666;
    agetxt.selectable=true;
	agetxt.background=true;
	agetxt.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
	agetxt.text="Input your age";
	agetxt.setTextFormat(preInputFormat);
	agetxt.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE,updatetext);
	agetxt.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,removeAgeText);
}

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Thank you really much. I know that the question ended up far from the original, so I really appreciate it.

My Pleasure :)

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Deepanjan Das