XML.sendAndLoad()

Availability

Flash Player 5; behavior changed in Flash Player 7.

Usage

my_xml.sendAndLoad(url, targetXMLobject)

Parameters

url The destination URL for the specified XML object. If the SWF file issuing this call is running in a web browser, url must be in the same domain as the SWF file; for details, see "Description," below.

targetXMLobject An XML object created with the XML constructor method that will receive the return information from the server.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; encodes the specified XML object into a XML document, sends it to the specified URL using the POST method, downloads the server's response and then loads it into the targetXMLobject specified in the parameters. The server response is loaded in the same manner used by the load() method.

In SWF files running in a version of the player earlier than Flash Player 7, url must be in the same superdomain as the SWF file that is issuing this call. For example, a SWF file at www.someDomain.com can load variables from a SWF file at store.someDomain.com, because both files are in the same superdomain of someDomain.com.

In SWF files of any version running in Flash Player 7 or later, url must be in exactly the same domain (see Flash Player security features). For example, a SWF file at www.someDomain.com can load variables only from SWF files that are also at www.someDomain.com. If you want to load variables from a different domain, you can place a cross-domain policy file on the server hosting the SWF file that is being accessed. For more information, see About allowing cross-domain data loading.

When load() is executed, the XML object property loaded is set to false. When the XML data finishes downloading, the loaded property is set to true, and the onLoad() method is invoked. The XML data is not parsed until it is completely downloaded. If the XML object previously contained any XML trees, they are discarded.

See also

XML.load()