Advanced XML Map of USA

great functionality, SF! Good job

Otlichno!

The real question is.. can i put this map into the same map say, have California have this map inside of it. IS that possible? And i don’t mean the tooltip, i want the miniaturized version of this map inside California. Possible?

Very impressive AS3 code with a lot of flexibility. Documentation is excellent, both within the code and the extensive PDF file. SparkyFlash is easy to reach (and very helpful) if you have questions.

THANKS SPARKYFLASH !

Hi, I just bought this file & I’m excited to use it—looks very well made.

Can you please tell me how to point to an alternate XML file? I’d like to point it to a PHP file that will parse as XML . Hopefully it’ll accept that. If not, I’d still like to change the XML file location anyway.

Thanks!

Oh, nevermind my question above. For those that want to know, you can change the XML location in the file: /com/sparkyflash/interactiveMap/XMLFile.as on line 57.

Once you change it, be sure to re-export your .swf file, so it includes the new file path.

If you set it to PHP , make sure your PHP file begins with:

<?php header("Content-Type:text/xml"); ?>
<?= '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'; ?>

Then you can parse php throughout the XML file. I’m using this to query a database for aggregate statistics for all 50 states, then plug that dynamic info into the rollovers, as well as color-coding each of the states according to numeric ranges for the statistical data for each.

SparkyFlash, I’m just about done with the database application mentioned, but I have two questions:

1) How can I add a border to the states? I have several states that are the same color lying next to each other, and with no border, it looks like one giant contiguous shape. If you could just send me a line or two of AS code, I’ll add it in (I’m a PHP coder, and am unfamiliar with ActionScript).

2) Wyoming seems to not load its “rollout” (default) color. If you set a color for Wyoming, the color will not appear (as all the other states) until you have hovered over, and then off the state. I assume it’s something to do with line 85 in Main.as, because when I alter that, I get varying similar results, and because Wyoming is the final state in the array, it seems as though the loop is stopping short of changing that final item.

Thanks for any help!