XML Table Constructor Kit - Page 5

And now for the magic part: Frame two of the FLA contains the table objects, and the code is as follows:

tableTop=60; //The top of the output table
tableLeft=40; //Guess what this is for
tableWidth=450; //Width, in pixels, of the entire table.
lastX=0; //Used to retain the width, in pixels, of the last placed column

for (i=0 ; i<numColumns; i++) {

// All columns lack the right-side line, except the last column
// so at this point we decide whether to use the column with
// or without the right-side line	
	if (i<numColumns-1) {
		singleColumn.duplicateMovieClip ("col" + i,i*2+1)
	} else {
		lastColumn.duplicateMovieClip ("col" + i,i*2+1);
	}
// This is the column width, converted to pixels, based on total table width
	colWidth=Number(columnDefs[i]["width"]) * tableWidth / 100;

	eval("col" + i)._x=tableLeft  + lastX ;
	eval("col" + i)._y=tableTop;
	eval("col" + i)._width = colWidth;

// Now place the label in the right place
	ColumnLabel.duplicateMovieClip ("colLabel" + i,i*2+2);
	eval("colLabel" + i).columnName=columnDefs[i]["title"];
	eval("colLabel" + i)._width = colWidth;
	eval("colLabel" + i)._y=tableTop+13;
	eval("colLabel" + i)._x= tableLeft + lastX;

	lastX += colWidth;
}
tablename._width=tableWidth;
tablename._x=tableLeft;

If you have any questions about this script, drop me a line. The attached files are the final result:

FirstXML.htm - the "nicely" formatted XML. Can not be used, just submitted for clarity purposes.
XMLcondensed.htm - the source file XML used by this fla. Place in the same directory as the rest of the files for this tutorial to work.
ReadXML.swf, ReadXML.fla, ReadXML.html - the FLA, SWD and enveloping html file.