AS3 SharedObject IF isset or equals

Question

very new to SharedObjects, but essentially all I want to do is let a user answer a question once and not allow them to answer again, how is it possible. This is what I have below?

/*if(_question.data.seenQuestion == "true") {
    cookie_txt.text = "COOKIE FOUND";
} else {
    cookie_txt.text = "NO COOKIES";
}*/


var _question:SharedObject;
_question.data.seenQuestion = "true";
_question.flush();
_question.close();

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '14 at 19:21

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You're very close. It looks like you're not actually creating a SharedObject, to do that you would use the method getLocal:

var _question:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("questionData");

Additionally, since SharedObject supports primitive types (String, int, Number, Object, Boolean, etc), you should store a Boolean instead of a String:

if(_question.data.seenQuestion)
{
    cookie_txt.text = "COOKIE FOUND";
}
else
{
    cookie_txt.text = "NO COOKIES";
}

_question.data.seenQuestion = true;
_question.flush();

Lastly, if you're using a local shared object (more common), you don't need to call close().

answered Jul 23 '14 at 19:21

Marcela

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Excellent, thanks! How are you with URLRequest/GET (from PHP file?) – Peter Bennett Jul 23 '14 at 21:53
Please remember to mark the answer as correct. What help do you need with `URLRequest`? – Marcela Jul 24 '14 at 12:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '14 at 19:18

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You do need to create your SharedOBject or else your code will throw errors:

var _question:SharedObject = SharedOBject.getLocal("myapp");

No need for flush or close just assign/change some data and that's it.

_question.data.seenQuestion = "true";

However SharedObject is not a good solution for persistent data. User can erase it/reset it, etc ...

answered Jul 23 '14 at 19:18

BotMaster

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You didn't remark the following error: `_question.data.seenQuestion = "true";`. So your answer is uncomplete (voted down). – helloflash Jan 13 '15 at 15:01

AS3 SharedObject IF isset or equals

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