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 [email protected], Gordon Smith <gosm...@...> wrote: > > You have several options. Perhaps the simplest is to declare > > public var userid:String; > > in your Application. The login popup can then access this var as > Application.application.userid and set it. > > Other possibilities include a LoginInfo class with static vars (so that any > code can just access LoginInfo.userid) or a LoginInfo instance attached to > your application (so that any code can reference > Application.application.loginInfo.userid). > > Gordon Smith > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of spuy...@... > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] How to make variables persist across application > > > > Is there a way to have the variables I set in a pop-up window (think login), > persist and be accessible even when that pop-up is closed? > > For example, I have an application that uses a pop-up login window to control > access to the application. The user supplies userid, password and role. When > the user is authenticated, the pop-up closes and a viewstack is displayed > based on the results of the role selected in the pop-up. > > All that works just fine. Now, I want to display the userid in the components > within the viewstack. For example I want to display a welcome message based > on the userid. > > I cant seem to figure out how to do this. Any help would be appreciated. > > lee >
