Displaying Mapping Coordinates of HTML
through an XML file on a MAP using Flex.
Description
The following example
shows how to use mapping coordinates
generated in HTML using
<MAP> <AREA> tag
and displaying the Mapping Coordinates in Flash Player using AS3 by means of an
XML file.
SAMPLE APPLICATION:
In the
above sample each State of the map is a
SPRITE formed using graphics object
methods.
The graphics object used the coordinated
developed by HTML mapping tool.
The xml file contains all the values
like coordinates, color, state names,
capitals, description etc...
The xml file was read using HTTPService
and was parsed into a Custom Class.
On click of a particular sprite all
information is displayed in the Panel
container.
The whole data for drawing the
coordinates and the information
displayed for each and every state was
captured from an XML file.
The snapshot of the XML file and the
HTML files were given below.
Other Classes used were:
CursorManager, ToolTipManager, Timer,
Events, filters.
The Below is a snap-shot of HTML with
<MAP> <AREA> tags
The Below is a snap-shot of XML used in the application.