Thanks. I am not even certain what you mean by dispatching a custom event. I have heard of Shared Objects though. Can you point me to a goo resource on how to do this?
Thanks, Lee --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorli...@...> wrote: > > Or you could dispatch a custom event to your application that contains a user > info object. > > Or you could save the user info data to a shared object. > > > --- In [email protected], Gordon Smith <gosmith@> 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 spuyear@ > > 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 > > >
