Scoping Problem

We are using the same sort of code like you are using, seraerie, so I don't see the problem there.

1. define a function to fire at the onConnect event
2. start an interval
3. let the interval call a global defined function

Nothing wrong with that.

It's a fact THAT you cannot see the difference INSIDE the sendMsg between all connected clients, that IS a serious problem. To solve this make use of the clientObject:

function sendMsg(paramObject) {

// paramObject.client holds a reference to the client(object) so you can use paramObject.client.ip to show the IP-address of the user

// prepend some text to the traceoutput for readability
trace(" sendMsg: message = "paramObject.message);
trace(" sendMsg: ip of the client = "paramObject.client.ip);


}

application.onConnect = function(clientObject) {

// define a new object to hold my parameters
paramObject = new Object();
paramObject.client = clientObject;
paramObject.message = "test";

// define an interval and pass our object filled with parameters (much easier than appending a lot of parameters on 1 line
setInterval(sendMsg, 1000, paramObject);
}

Hello :)

you can test this code and the second syntax to used setInterval with
scope and method name with a string representation :

Timer = {} ;



/**

 * The id interval of this timer.

 */

Timer.idInterval = null ;



/**

 * The delay of the interval.

 */

Timer.delay = 1000 ; // default value



Timer.sendMessage = function( msg /*String*/ )

{

 trace("msg : " + msg) ;

}



Timer.delayMessage = function( msg /*String*/ , delay
/*Number*/ )

{

 this.stopTimer() ;



 if ( !isNaN(delay) )

 {

 this.delay = (delay > 0) ? delay : 0 ;

 }



 setInterval(this, "sendMessage", this.delay, msg );

}



Timer.stopTimer = function()

{

 if (this.idInterval != null)

 {

 clearInterval(this.idInterval) ;

 this.idInterval = null ;

 }

}



application.onConnect = function()

{

 Timer.delayMessage( "hello world..." , 2000) ;

}

EKA+ :)

>

quote:

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function sendMsg(s)
> {
> trace(s);
> }
>
> application.onConnect = function() { setInterval(sendMsg, 1000, "test"); }

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>
> When using code like that, setInterval can't reach sendMsg()... I know this
> seems like an incredibly newbie question... but how do I make it work?
>
> I can't seem to figure out the scope of toplevel functions -- never needed to
> do this because everything else is tucked neatly in classes and it's mostly
> remoting...
>