ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

XML.getBytesTotal() Method

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// Usage:

// Create an XML object.

doc = new XML();

// Assign an onLoad() callback.

doc.onLoad = function (success) {

// If the load was successful...

if (success) {

// ...process the new XML.

trace("done loading!");

} else {

// ...otherwise, perform failure operations and

// cancel the preload interval (REQUIRED!).

trace("load failed");

this.clearLoadCheck();

}

}

// Assign an onBytesLoaded() callback. This is where each XML document

// can decide what to do with the preload information.

doc.onBytesLoaded = function (bytesLoaded, bytesTotal,

kbLoaded, kbTotal, percentLoaded) {

trace("Loading: " + kbLoaded + " of " + kbTotal);

trace(percentLoaded + " percent complete.");

}

// Preload the XML file.

doc.preload("http://www.yoursite.org/datafiles/someInfo.xml");

See Also

setInterval(), XML.getBytesTotal(), XML.load(), XML.onLoad(), XML.sendAndLoad()

XML.getBytesTotal() Method

the physical disk size of an external XML file, in bytes

Flash 6

xmlDoc.getBytesTotal()

Returns

An integer representing the size of the XML file, in bytes. Divide by 1024 to convert bytes

to kilobytes (KB).

Description

The getBytesTotal() method tells us the byte size of an external file being loaded into xmlDoc

via XML.load() or XML.sendAndLoad(). The specified ...