function onDone(bool){

var dp, ps, i, p, pn, rs, i2, srs, r, sr, i3;
/*
[shortened names]
dp – dataprovider
ps – planets
i – iterator of planets
p – planet
pn – planet name
rs – resources
i2 – iterator of resources
srs – stored resources
r – resource
sr – stored resource
i3 – iterator of resource prop
*/
if(bool){
dp = [];
ps = my_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;

for(i in ps){
p = ps[i];
pn = p.attributes.name;
rs = p.firstChild.childNodes;
srs = dp[i] = [];
i2 = rs.length % 8;
while(i2–){
r = rs[i2].childNodes;
sr = srs[i2] = {};
sr.planet = pn;
for(i3 in r){
sr[r[i3].nodeName] = r[i3].firstChild.toString();
}
}
i2 = parseInt(rs.length/8);
while(i2–){
r = rs[i2].childNodes;
sr = srs[i2] = {};
sr.planet = pn;
for(i3 in r){
sr[r[i3].nodeName] = r[i3].firstChild.toString();
}
}
}
this.swg_lcdp.setData(dp);

}else{
this.agent_service.onDebug(“xml error”);
}

}

function onDone(bool){

var dp, ps, i, p, pn, rs, i2, srs, r, sr, i3;
/*
[shortened names]
dp – dataprovider
ps – planets
i – length of planets
p – planet
pn – planet name
rs – resources
i2 – length of resources
srs – stored resources
r – resource
sr – stored resource
i3 – resource prop length
*/
if(bool){
dp = [];
ps = my_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
i = ps.length;

while(i–){
p = ps[i];
pn = p.attributes.name;
rs = p.firstChild.childNodes;
i2 = rs.length;
srs = dp[i] = [];

while(i2–){
r = rs[i2].childNodes;
sr = srs[i2] = {};
sr.planet = pn;
i3 = r.length;
while(i3–){
sr[r[i3].nodeName] = r[i3].firstChild.toString();
}
}
}

this.swg_lcdp.setData(dp);

}else{
this.agent_service.onDebug(“xml error”);
}

}

it’s not the fastest in the world but it does what you want. since it takes around a half a second to parse on a 600mhz it might be wise to thread it, just enough that it doesnt grab your CPU in that time.

another bit of advice, since there are no decompression utils native to flash, it looks like you are going to be downloading the file once a week onto your own server and untarring it.. right? since you are running this chron job to go grab it and untar it and this process is once a week, instead of just writing it to a file, parse it into an easier xml file to read. You could also parse it into the datatype you want, serialize it, store it, and then pass it to flash using remoting as the native type you wanted it in the first place. However this second method using remoting will add overhead since you are doing processing each request. I would try the first method.