Creating 'Track-Points' in Adobe After Effects and using them in a Flash Animation - Page 4

//create an empty var, ready for XML content.
var xmlContent:XML = new XML();
//ignore empty elements like  instead of
//formatting them to  etc.
xmlContent.ignoreWhite = true;
//the first frame is the first frame where the movie starts playing..
//so start with index 0
i = 0;
//every frame in the flash file is a frame of the flv movie because we synched those
//so we can change the cooords of the animation in refference
//to the coords in the xml file each time the flash file enters a new frame
onEnterFrame = function () {
	//The flv might be playing before the xml is loaded but shit happens
	if (xmlIsLoaded == true) {
		//if the animation is out of synch with the flv..
		offset = -Math.round(25/2);
		//assign the framenumber to a variable
		newNumber = xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.childNodes[i+offset].childNodes[0].firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;
		//assign the new x cooord to a variable
		newX = xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.childNodes[i+offset].childNodes[1].firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;
		//assign the new y cooord to a variable
		newY = xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.childNodes[i+offset].childNodes[2].firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;
		//if there are still framenumbers in the xml file then actualy give the movieClip it's new position
		if (newNumber != undefined) {
			theMovingObject._x = newX;
			theMovingObject._y = newY;
			//Track(newNumber+","+newX+","+newY);
		}
	}
	//Increment the number with one for each time a frame is entered.
	i++;
};
//If the xml file is loaded into flash then...
xmlContent.onLoad = function(loooaded:Boolean) {
	if (xmlContent.hasChildNodes()) {
		//Only start doing things with the xml when it's loaded already,
		//else we're only going to get a big pile of nonesence and maybe bugs.
		xmlIsLoaded = true;
		
		//As you might have seen or not, there is a pile of useless thingies
		//in the xml file, so when the xml is loaded
		//get rid of the useless elements in it.
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.firstChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.lastChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.lastChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.lastChild.removeNode();
		xmlContent.firstChild.childNodes[3].firstChild.lastChild.removeNode();
	} else {
		//If the file is unreadable, then let me know
		//there is a big chance that you missed my note earlier in my tutorial
		//about that new-versions-of-excel xml thingy.
		Track("XML loading-errorblah");
	}
};
//Start loading the xml file wherein we'd put all
//coordinates and stuff from After Effects
xmlContent.load("07positions.xml");