New Shared Object (age) for private chat

[jepyssimo]

Hi, I want add a new SharedObject for private chat.
I store user's age in a variable:

age = _root.age.text;

I send this variable (age) to server:

   // Connect to the application
   client_nc.connect("rtmp:/flashdb", username.text, age);
   //Store username and move to Main screeen
   client_nc.setUser = function(name) {
      _global.username = name;
      gotoAndStop("Main");
   };
Now, how I store a variable in SharedObject?
Thanks

[kofi addaquay]

a local or remote shared object? i am assuming a local shared object

var local_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("ConfigData");

so if you are talking about age variable

then
local_so.data.age = age;

what about retrieving. well,
first check to see if the data exists

if(local_so.data.age != undefined)
{
   //data exist
   trace(local_so.data.age);  <-- this will show u ur value. you can even assign a variable to it etc.
else
{
   //no data - prompt user
}
}


hope this helps and hope i understood ur question right

[jepyssimo]

Sorry,  It is a remote shared object ...

[kofi addaquay]

Hmm.. Remote shared objects are created using SharedObject.getRemote() but do not dynamically share information until they are connected to the server using a netconnection object and have been synchronized with a copy of the shared object on the server.

thus / something like this

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect("rtmp:/myFlashApp");
remote_so = SharedObject.getRemote("UsersData", nc.uri);

to make sure you RSO is working across the network you would have execute a statment like

if(remote_so.connect(nc))
{
    //then set or get ur data here
}
else
{
    //the connection failed
}

setting the variables is almost the same as in local shared objects
u could do something like
age.text = remote_so.data.age

or if you were using arrays or objects
age.text = remote_so.data[TheUser].age

thats the basic idea. hope this helps or at least puts you on the right path.

Kofi Addaquay