[flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-11 Thread valdhor
Shared objects are a little like cookies. You can find more details at http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/Flex/Shared+Objects --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "spuy...@..." wrote: > > Thanks. I am not even certain what you mean by dispatching a custom event. > I have heard of Shared Objec

RE: [flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-07 Thread Tracy Spratt
Of Gordon Smith Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 2:48 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application The simplest way to use custom events is to use the mx.events.DynamicEvent class. When the application creates the LoginPopu

RE: [flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
...@ymail.com Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:31 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application Thanks Gordan. Using the first option worked. I am also interested in the second option but am not certain where to start. Could you provide

Re: [flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-07 Thread Wesley Acheson
Static properties are properties bound to a class instance. This is usually the way I would do it. you create a class login info as normal then inside you can put public static var userId:String; This can then be accessed anywhere in the application by LoginInfo.userId as stated by Gordon. The

[flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-07 Thread shameer.forflex
Before you call the close() method, dispatch a custom event or use this.parentApplication and store the data in the application level. And then pass it to viewstack children. Thx. Shameer --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "spuy...@..." wrote: > > Is there a way to have the variables I set in a

RE: [flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
you would declare an AS subclass of Event instead of using DynamicEvent, but that's another lesson. Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of spuy...@ymail.com Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:36 AM To: flexcoders@yahoog

[flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-07 Thread spuy...@ymail.com
Thanks. I am not even certain what you mean by dispatching a custom event. I have heard of Shared Objects though. Can you point me to a goo resource on how to do this? Thanks, Lee --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" wrote: > > Or you could dispatch a custom event to your applicatio

[flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-07 Thread spuy...@ymail.com
Thanks Gordan. Using the first option worked. I am also interested in the second option but am not certain where to start. Could you provide a little more detail? Thanks, Lee --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith wrote: > > You have several options. Perhaps the simplest is to dec

[flexcoders] Re: How to make variables persist across application

2009-08-06 Thread valdhor
Or you could dispatch a custom event to your application that contains a user info object. Or you could save the user info data to a shared object. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith wrote: > > You have several options. Perhaps the simplest is to declare > > public var userid