hi yanski,
thanks for your suggestion. if i do it like that, will the user download the
xml file each time the function is called?
On Jan 26, 2008 10:40 AM, Yansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm not 100% sure what you're try to do, but here's what I might do:
>
> UI.dsAnchor = function(UI.item, UI.sortBy){
>
> $.get("projects/datascapes.xml", function(xmlData){
>
> return $(xmlData).find(UI.sortBy+'[title="' + UI.sortBy + '"]//
> item:contains("' + UI.item + '")');
>
> });
>
> }
>
> I have no idea if that'll work, but it's what I might try first. :)
>
>
> On Jan 26, 2:25 am, "Alexandre Plennevaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hello again,
> >
> > gosh this should be so easy yet i can't make it work. Here is what i'm
> trying to do: i have a data structure stored as an xml file.
> >
> > I need to load this structure once at the start of the application.
> > I need a function to search through this data structure and return the
> corresponding value.
> >
> > So far i fail miserably because i don't quite get the
> synchronous/asynchronous side of jlife.
> >
> > Here is the code i came up with (you might have seen it in my other
> post, i'm fighting against it since this morning):
> >
> > function findProjectAnchor(projectName, scape){
> > var thisDS = datascapeAnchorsXml.find('scape[title="' + scape +
> '"]');
> > var myVal = $("item:contains('" + project + "')",
> thisDS).attr('rel');
> > return myVal;
> >
> > }
> >
> > jQuery(function($){
> >
> > $.get("projects/datascapes.xml", {}, function(xmlData, strStatus){
> > var datascapeAnchorsXml = $(xmlData);
> > });
> >
> > /// this is how i call it:
> > UI.dsAnchor = findProjectAnchor(UI.item, UI.sortBy);
> >
> > );
> >
> > what's wrong with it ?
> >
> > thank you for your time and assistance,
> >
> > Alexandre Plennevaux
>
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