Comments on: XML and Text Viewer Panel

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:56:00 +0000

is the extension available? The Links result in a 404 Error. Thanks

By: Pedro

Pedro — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:28:31 +0000

I’d really like to try this out, but the links aren’t working for me. Any chance to get those working again? Thanks.

By: Matthijs Kamstra

Matthijs Kamstra — Tue, 29 May 2007 01:01:30 +0000

Three years later after this post I come with a reaction ... It's because I want to thank you for creating 'XML and Text Viewer Panel' and sharing the source with the rest of the world. This was in fact NOT what I was looking for, but it send me on my way for creating what I really wanted: a sort of wysiwyg xml viewer. I used to use the xml-reader from SE|PY for this, but it creates some errors. So based upon your work (and some other developers) I created a XML Reader Flash panel there is more explanation about XML Reader Flash panel at my blog, if you're interested Matthijs Kamstra aka [mck]

By: Chris Foster

Chris Foster — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 06:21:02 +0000

Nice work Jesse – not to distract from your efforts, but my personal pref. for coding XML in Flash is the XML panel in SEPY Actionscript Editor (http://www.sephiroth.it/python/sepy.php).

You can view and fold the XML nodes, and selecting a node will generate the correct Actionscript for inserting in the code.

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:22:59 +0000

Just as a side note, the reason I didn’t just open the XML file in Flash, and toggle between the tabs, or minimize the open docs, and size it so I could see 2 is I’m still lacking in the required screen real-estate I want. XML doesn’t need to be all big and pretty like Dreamweaver makes it if your just reading it.

As far as editing changes, I actually had a need to do that, so I’ll definately add that.

As for the ActionScript to access the XML, the only problem I have with solving that is developer expectations. Some developers like keeping XML native …weirdo’s, others like clear and concise paths via the XML object’s methods; people like me like nodes clearly given to references in a node by node basis for easier to read code (sort of), and quicker childNode access, while even others like Darron Schall like using nextChild vs. childNodes for efficiency… It’s a case of pleasing everyone all the time. Got any expectations?