help with local shared object

[Nitsuj99]

I want to use local shared object to save the frame the user is currently on by clicking a button

then when the user clicks another button, it loads the last frame they were on.
please can someone help?

[inhan]

var so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("lastSession");

btn1.onPress = function() {
so.data.lastFrame = _root._currentframe;
so.flush();
};

lastStateBtn.onPress = function() {
_root.gotoAndStop(so.data.lastFrame);
};

[Nitsuj99]

worked great! thanks

[inhan]

Check documentation for further info, and don't forget to flush if you want that data to be saved instantly, otherwise it will be saved after that session.

[D-flyer]

sorry to hijack this thread.

@inhan,

i am trying to store a movieclip reference like

menuItem.onRelease = goto;
menuItem.onEnterFrame = status;
function goto() {
//selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected = this;
selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected = "_level0.menu_mc.item0";//test
selectedMenuItem_so.flush();
}

function status() {
//without a reload
if (selectedItem != this) {
Tweener.addTween(this.menuItemBG_mc, {_color:0xADA98F, time:0.1, transition:"linear"});
}
//with a reload
if (selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected == this) {
trace("We have a match: "+this);
Tweener.addTween(this.menuItemBG_mc, {_color:0xC55C7B, time:0.1, transition:"linear"});
}
}

[inhan]

There's something critical there. You're adding a tween once every your frame rate in a second. Is that what you want? I think you might wanna delete the onEnterFrame in some case to stop it from executing again and again.

Did you open the SharedObject somewhere prior to this code, like the following?
var selectedMenuItem_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLcal('something')

You can assign objects to a SharedObject, in other words you don't have to quote the mc name there, but if there's a case that subject matter mc might not be created by the time you're pushing its value to the SharedObject, then later use it like:
if (eval(selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected)) == this) { etc.

Can you explain what you want this code to do exactly?

[D-flyer]

@inhan, your are abosolute right.

- I just want to have a _selected state for a menu item, so i thought of using the onenterframe. i have to figure out where i should use

delete this.onEnterFrame;


- yes, i opened shared object

var selectedMenuItem_so:SharedObject;
selectedMenuItem_so = SharedObject.getLocal("selectedItem");


- what i am trying to do is a very simple menu with submenu. In the webpage i am using swf object and i have a div="flashmenu". Now the links in the flashmenu have as like getURL("link A","_self"); So the flashmenu will be loaded each time. That's why i want to use shared object so it reminds which menuitem is selected

[inhan]

You don't need an onEnterFrame for that. All you need is create the SharedObject and ask for the last state, like...

menuItem.onRelease = goto;
// launch it first
var selectedMenuItem_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("selectedItem");
// you can still make the previous one play its 'out' animation if you like
if (selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected != undefined) {
var mc:MovieClip = selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected;
// Tweener.addTween(mc.menuItemBG_mc, {etc etc.
}

function goto() {
if (selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected =! this) {
selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected = this;
selectedMenuItem_so.flush();
Tweener.addTween(this.menuItemBG_mc, {_color:0xADA98F, time:0.1, transition:"linear"});
} else {
Tweener.addTween(this.menuItemBG_mc, {_color:0xC55C7B, time:0.1, transition:"linear"});
}
}

[D-flyer]

aarrghh,

i am thinking in loops, anyway now when i trace selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected

i just get

Cookie menuItem: false

and not the instance name which is set with function goto()??


var selectedMenuItem_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("selectedItem");
trace("Cookie menuItem: "+selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected);

function generateMenu(container, x, y, name, depth, thisArray) {
//menuArray.trace();
var curr_item:MovieClip;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
for (i=0; i<thisArray.length; i++) {
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie("menuItem", "item"+i, i);
curr_item._x = x;
curr_item._y = y+i*40;
curr_item.menuText.autoSize = true;
curr_item.menuText.multiline = false;
curr_item.menuText.condenseWhite = true;
curr_item.menuText.text = ucfirst(thisArray[i].name);
curr_item.menuItemBG_mc._width = Math.floor(curr_item.menuText._width)+15;
curr_item.submenuID = thisArray[i][0].submenuID;
curr_item.gotoURL = thisArray[i].gotoURL;
curr_item.name = thisArray[i].name;
curr_item.submenuName = thisArray[i][0].submenuName;
curr_item.menuID = i;
curr_item.onRollOver = over;
curr_item.onRollOut = out;
curr_item.onRelease = goto;
//curr_item.onEnterFrame = status;
//setStatus(curr_item);
}
}
function goto() {
submenuID = this.submenuID;
submenuName = this.submenuName;
name = this.name;
if (submenuName == "submenu") {
generateMenu(menu_mc, 5, beginY+20, "submenu_mc", 1000, menuArray[submenuID]);
submenu_so.data.submenuID = submenuID;
submenu_so.data.submenuName = submenuName;
submenu_so.data.name = name;
submenu_so.flush();
menu_mc.attachMovie("divider_mc", "divider_mc", menu_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
menu_mc.divider_mc._x = 10;
menu_mc.divider_mc._y = 326;
} else {
closeSubmenus(name);
}
trace("MC is: "+this);
/*if (selectedItem != this) {
trace("Now another");
Tweener.addTween(this.menuItemBG_mc, {_color:0xC55C7B, time:0.1, transition:"linear"});
selectedItem = this;
}*/
if (selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected =! this) {
selectedMenuItem_so.data.menuSelected = this;
selectedMenuItem_so.flush();
Tweener.addTween(this.menuItemBG_mc, {_color:0xADA98F, time:0.1, transition:"linear"});
} else {
Tweener.addTween(this.menuItemBG_mc, {_color:0xC55C7B, time:0.1, transition:"linear"});
}
//getURL(this.gotoURL, "_self");
}

[inhan]

I don't know what 'thisArray' holds but to query it with 'this' as an instance you should have references to instances in the array and not string names. I don't know the array so I can't guess.

You might wanna post a simplified (please, simplified without any irrelevant code) file so that we can see what's really happening.

[Nitsuj99]

One more question about this,

How can I have when you reach a certain frame a button becomes visible in another frame and stays and then it saves its visibility and loads it right away after you open the projector?

[inhan]

Set a variable for the visibility, flush it in the SharedObject, read it in the SharedObject and assign it to that instance at the beginning of your movie (frame#1).