Barry, thank you so very much for your willingness to help and for providing some code. I tried loading this into a test project and ran into a number of problems/questions. 1) I don't see in the code where you construct, write out and .flush any xml into your local SharedObject. Would that be questionaire?? 2) I don't understand the getNewSession method...don't know what the xmlLocation is, and don't see the xmlRequest instantiated anywhere, don't know where the .send is sending to and what I should set up for my test.
Again I VERY much appreciate your patience and willingness to help a newbie. Hope I'm not being too dim a bulb here. Anne --- In [email protected], "barry.beattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just (well, 3:00 am this morning) got XML saving and re- reading > back in. I played it safe and .toString()'d it before save but it'll > probably work without it. > > here's the whole of my fetching of data, inc the getting and saving of > the XML as an LocalSO. > > I hope it helps you. > > cheers > b > > (PS: if you see any dodgy coding and can offer advice pls do.) > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > > public var localSO:SharedObject = > SharedObject.getLocal("lsoQuestionaire"); > > public function init():void > { > //localSO.data.saveDate = new Date(); // testing only > ExternalInterface.addCallback ("onBrowserClose", onBrowserClose); > trace("init called"); > if (localSO.size) > { > Alert.yesLabel = "Use Previous Session"; > Alert.noLabel = "Replace With New Session"; > Alert.buttonWidth = 150; > Alert.show("You have a previous session. Would you like to load > it?","Questionaire Session Selection",Alert.YES|Alert.NO,this, > onChoseSession); > } > else > { > getNewSession() > } > // that gets the data, now lets set up the persist > } > > public function onChoseSession(event:CloseEvent):void > { > if (event.detail == Alert.YES) > { > loadPreviousSession(); > } > else > { > getNewSession(); > } > } > > public function getNewSession():void > { > xmlRequest.url = xmlLocation; > xmlRequest.method = "GET"; > xmlRequest.resultFormat = "e4x"; > xmlRequest.addEventListener (ResultEvent.RESULT,onResultReturn); > xmlRequest.addEventListener (FaultEvent.FAULT, onResultFault); > trace("5. requesting XML now from " + xmlLocation); > xmlRequest.send(); > } > > public function loadPreviousSession():void > { > // get XML from Local Shared Object > trace("1. loadPreviousSession called"); > try > { > questionaire = new XML (localSO.data.questionaire); > trace("2. got data"); > trace(questionaire.toXMLString()); > > } > catch(e:Error) > { > trace("3. error on loadPreviousSession"); > trace(e.message.toString()); > trace("4. go to getNewSession()"); > getNewSession(); > } > } > > public function onResultReturn (event:ResultEvent):void > { > trace("6. onResultReturn called"); > questionaire = new XML(event.result); > trace(questionaire.toXMLString()); > lastIndex = questionaire.section.subsection.children().length()-1; > // zero-based index/arrays! > first(); // move to the first question to start > } > > public function onResultFault(event:FaultEvent):void > { > trace("7. onResultFault called:" + event.toString()) > mx.controls.Alert("ERROR: Could not load XML questions"); > } > private function onBrowserClose():void > { > Alert.show("browser is closing"); > localSO.data.questionaire = questionaire.toXMLString(); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> >
