Infinite file size loading as3 - actionscript-3

Question

I'm trying to load a big xml feed within ActionScript3. The problem is that the progress event indicate that the bytesTotal is zero and this result in a infinite loading sequence. The complete handler is never triggered.
This is what is do.
loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadDone);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, dataAnalyzeProgress)
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, io_error);
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
loader.load(urlRequest);
protected function io_error(event:IOErrorEvent):void
{
trace("IO ERROR")
trace(event.text)
}
protected function loadDone(event:Event):void
{
trace('DATA COMPLETE')
trace(event.target.content)
}
protected function dataAnalyzeProgress(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
trace((e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal) *100+"%");
trace("Downloaded " + e.bytesLoaded + " out of " + e.bytesTotal + " bytes");
if(e.bytesTotal == 0)
{
loader.close();
}
}
Does somebody have a solution for this problem. I tried load it through curl i first, but still the same problem...

Answer 1

You need to use URLLoader class for loading xml data, not Loader. Loader class is for loading SWF and pictures (JPG, PNG, GIF). Try these lines:
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadDone);
loader.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, dataAnalyzeProgress)
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, io_error);
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
loader.load(urlRequest);