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Asked: 2026-05-11T05:09:26+00:00

I want to create an XML string in Flex 3 in a similar way

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I want to create an XML string in Flex 3 in a similar way to you might approach it in Java. I only want a small piece of XML in the format

<slide thumb='http://www.thumbs.com/thumb.jpg' type='static' blah='bleh' />

The only type of code I can find for doing this seems ridiculous….

private function createXML(): void { var xm:XML = <Relyon></Relyon>; var nodeName:String = “EMPLOYEENAME”; var nodeValue:String = “KUMAR”; var xmlList:XMLList = XMLList(”<”+nodeName+”>”+nodeValue+”</”+nodeName+”>”); xm.appendChild(xmlList); Alert.show(xm); }

I would like to do something like…

var x:XMLNode = new XMLNode('slide'); x.setAttribute('thumb', thumbURL); x.setAttribute('type', 'static');

This is surely possible?

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  1. Stay away from XMLNode if you’re using as3, it’s a legacy class, the new XML and XMLList classes are the ones that support the excellent E4X. Using those it’s as easy as this:

    var myXML:XML = <slide />; myXML.@thumb='http://www.thumbs.com/thumb.jpg'; myXML.@type='static'; myXML.@blah='bleh'; trace('myXML', myXML.toXMLString());

    The @ means it’s an attribute, not using that would add child nodes instead.

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