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class=067341708-30082007>Paul,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=067341708-30082007>If you download Xerte form the website now, I have aded
IconID.loadVars(url) and IconID.sendAndLoadVars(url,
loadVarsObjToSend);</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=067341708-30082007>The events to listen for are onLoadVars and
onSendAndLoadVars. In both cases the resulting loadVars object is
IconID.loadVars.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=067341708-30082007>Can you test it and let me know it works to your
satisfaction?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=067341708-30082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=067341708-30082007>thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=067341708-30082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=067341708-30082007>Julian</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tenney
Julian<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 August 2007 13:22<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte discussion
list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Having trouble reading XML from an
external script<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365101312-29082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365101312-29082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Xerte does do the sendAndLoad a little differently as in
Xerte sendAndLoad is a method of an icon; in Flash it is a method of an xml
object. I did it this way because you need to listen for the event and it is
easy to set up listeners to events broadcast by icons in Xerte, rather than
objects. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365101312-29082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>I can implement a loadVars in similar fasion if you
want?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365101312-29082007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365101312-29082007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>To
get at the string POSTed into the php page, try this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365101312-29082007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365101312-29082007>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>$empty = $post =
array();</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>foreach ($_POST as $varname =>
$varvalue) {<BR></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Verdana><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=365101312-29082007> </SPAN>if (empty($varvalue))
{<BR><SPAN class=365101312-29082007> </SPAN>$empty[$varname]
= $varvalue;<BR><SPAN class=365101312-29082007> }</SPAN> else
{<BR><SPAN class=365101312-29082007> </SPAN>$post[$varname]
= $varvalue;<BR><SPAN class=365101312-29082007>
</SPAN>}<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>}</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=365101312-29082007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2>[Thanks to Thomas]</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=365101312-29082007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2>Julian</FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul
Swanson<BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 August 2007 21:38<BR><B>To:</B>
xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Having trouble
reading XML from an external script<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Julian.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I'm getting close (I think) to sorting this out. I am
able to retreive data sent from an external PHP script, but I'm having
trouble figuring out how to read what is sent to the PHP script. According
to an ActionScript 1.0 reference I found, sendAndLoad uses the POST method
for sending data, but I haven't been able to access any POST variables
coming in. Interestingly, I have a block of code in my PHP script that
indicates the $_POST array is not empty , but print_r $_POST prints
nothing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Is there something different in Xerte's implementation
of sendAndLoad? The reference I have indicates the URL is the first argument
for the method, with the reply object 2nd, yet your example code has the
reply object first and the url second.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Also, is there an implementation of LoadVars that could
be used? I'm more used to name/value pairs and that might be easier than
using XML format.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My Xerte sending script:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>myId = 5;<BR>myReq = new XML();<BR>myReq.query =
"<query>SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE id = " + myId + " ORDER BY
fname</query>";<BR>xmlPage.sendAndLoad(myReq,
'http://localhost/test/test_xerte.php');</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My PHP script:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><?php # test_xerte.php</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>// this script is a test of whether I can connect to a
php script through Xerte.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>ob_start();</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>if (!empty ($_POST)) {<BR> <BR>
echo "<reply>";<BR> echo "There is something coming
in:<br />";<BR> print_r
($_POST);<BR> echo "</reply>";<BR>} else
{<BR> echo '<reply>The $_POST array was
empty.</reply>';<BR>}</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>ob_end_flush();<BR>?> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My Xerte receiving script:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>xmlResponse =
xmlPage.templateData.reply;<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>replyPage.myText = '<p><b>Response from script:
</b>';</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>replyPage.myText += '<i>' + xmlResponse +
'</i></p>';</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>replyPage.myText += "<br /><p>That's all
folks!</p><br /><p>Another
paragraph.</p>";</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>This prints:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>Response from script:</STRONG> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><EM>There is
something coming in:</EM></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>That's all folks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Another paragraph.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think I just need that last bit of knowledge that allows me to parse the
string that Xerte sends to PHP.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=992441520-28082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-
Paul</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 28, 2007
1:38 AM<BR><B>To:</B> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Xerte] Having trouble reading XML from an external
script<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Close. Loading XML is asynchronous, so the call to
load it isn't returned straight away. You need to wait for it. I've put a
simple example at </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/examples/loadXML.zip">www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/examples/loadXML.zip</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>- Create a new file</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>- Give the first page the id
'xmlPage'</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>- add a script to it:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>myReq = new
XML('<request/>');<BR>xmlPage.sendAndLoad(myReq, FileLocation +
'data.xml');</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>- Add an interaction ot the page</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>- Add an event response to the interaction:
eventName: 'onSendAndLoad', icon: 'xmlPage'</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>- Add a script icon to the event
response:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff
size=2>debug(xmlPage.serverXML);<BR>debug(xmlPage.templateData.data);</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>The first object you can use is the raw xml. Do what
you lkike with it. To save a lot of processing the xml, it is also
available as an object. This object follows the structure of the xml file,
but you can drill down through the hierarchy using dot notation. So, if
you have an xml file like this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2><question></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2> <prompt>Here is a
prompt</prompt></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2> <option></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>
<text>True</text></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2> <feedback>You clicked option
true</feedback></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2> </option></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2> <option></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>
<text>false</text></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2> <feedback>You clicked option
false</feedback></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>
</option></FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></question></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>You access the values of the nodes and attributes
using</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>iconID.templateData.question[0].prompt[0]; //returns
'here is a prompt'</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>or </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>iconID.templateData.option[1].text[0]; //returns
'true'</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>You can also construct the flowline based on the
contents of the xml file using the iconID.duplicate function. This means
you can easily create dynamic templates that build themselves at runtime
using the contents of the xml. This is a powerful approach and I use it
all the time. I'm going to document this more fully / write a manual, as
it is fairly advanced, both conceptually and
technically.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356582208-28082007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Julian</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B>Sent:</B> 24 August 2007
17:41<BR><B>To:</B> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Xerte] Having trouble reading XML from an external
script<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Using Xerte 1.7</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am attempting to display some XML returned
from an external PHP script, and not having any success. Here is my
script icon contents:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>========</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>var xml_msg:String = "<params fname=\"Fred\" lname=\"Smith\"
/>";</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>var my_xml:XML = new
XML(xml_msg);</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>var myReply:XML = new
XML();</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>//reply.myText = "Supposed to
be the reply from my PHP script";</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>//myReply.ignorewhite = true;</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>my_xml.sendAndLoad('<A
href="http://localhost/test/test_xerte.php'">http://localhost/test/test_xerte.php'</A>,
myReply);</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>reply.myText =
myReply.firstChild.attributes.value;</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>=========</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>My PHP script isn't doing anything with the
data sent to it, it just returns some XML:</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>=========</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2><?php # test_xerte.php</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>// this script is a test of whether I can
connect to a php script through Xerte.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>echo '<?xml version="1.0" ?></FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2> <reply value="Hello,
World!" />';</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>?>
</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>=========</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've also tried it without the '<?xml
version="1.0" ?>' declaration in my PHP script. In Xerte, I have a
Text Display icon (id=reply) with {myText} embedded. It displays
"undefined" with the above code. If I comment out the last two lines in
the Xerte script icon, and uncomment the reply.myText = "Supposed to be
the reply from my PHP script" that is what prints in Xerte.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also get "undefined" if I paste '<reply
value="Hello, World!" />' into var myReply:XML = new XML('<reply
value="Hello, World!" />') and comment out the sendAndLoad line, so I
have a feeling this problem has nothing to do with the PHP
script.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any suggestions are greatly
appreciated.</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#808080
size=2>_____________________________</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" color=#808080 size=2><B> Paul
Swanson</B></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" color=#808080
size=2> Instructional Designer</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#808080 size=2> Harland Financial Solutions</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Courier New" color=#808080
size=2>_____________________________</FONT>
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