Saving variable for later use (simple counter app)

[Nikola_sd]

Hi everyone! First I want to say I'm not very familiar with ac3.

I'm making a simple counter app, basically 1 buttons adds 1, another button adds 2 and another button adds 3. I have this variable (pts) that is the actuall data. What I want to do is to make it save the "pts" data so that its there the next time I open the file.

Here's what I have so far:

var pts:int=0

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

//ptstxt is the text box that displays the pts value

but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click_handler);

function click_handler(event_object:MouseEvent) {

                    pts += 1

          trace(pts)

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

}

//this button adds 1 to pts 

but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click_handler2);

function click_handler2(event_object:MouseEvent) {

          pts += 2

          trace(pts)

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

}

//this button adds 2 to pts

I searched around and found that it would be for the best if I used the "shared object" but as my knowledge of ac3 isn't big I was unable to do it without help.

Also, would it be usable in an android app?

Looking forwad to a reply and thanks in advance.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

:

var pts:int=0

var so:SharedObject=SharedObject.getLocal("counter","/");

if(so.data.count){

// do something with so.data.count which is the value of pts when your app was last used by the client computer.

}

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

//ptstxt is the text box that displays the pts value

function saveCountF():void{

so.data.count=pts;

so.flush();

}

but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click_handler);

function click_handler(event_object:MouseEvent) {

                    pts += 1

          trace(pts)

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

saveCountF();

}

//this button adds 1 to pts 

but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click_handler2);

function click_handler2(event_object:MouseEvent) {

          pts += 2

          trace(pts)

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

saveCountF()

}

//this button adds 2 to pts

[Nikola_sd]

What exactly did you mean by "// do something with so.data.count which is the value of pts when your app was last used by the client computer.", I didn't quite understand... Should I replace the comment with some action or something?

Your help is appriciated!

[kglad]

yes, presumably you want to do something with that saved value.  possibily you want to re-set pts to that saved value:

if(so.data.count)

pts=so.data.count;

}

[Nikola_sd]

Thank you! It works great!

Here's the code I used in case anybody needs it in the future:

var pts:int=0

var so:SharedObject=SharedObject.getLocal("counter","/");

if(so.data.count){

pts=so.data.count;

}

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

//ptstxt is the text box that displays the pts value

function saveCountF():void{

so.data.count=pts;

so.flush();

}

but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click_handler);

function click_handler(event_object:MouseEvent) {

                    pts += 1

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

saveCountF();

}

//this button adds 1 to pts

but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click_handler2);

function click_handler2(event_object:MouseEvent) {

          pts += 2

ptstxt.text = pts.toString();

saveCountF()

}

//this button adds 2 to pts