Works fine now. Thanks for the help.
Dan On Apr 8, 4:55 am, pclinx <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Declare your "marker" variable as a global rather than local. > > Paul > > On Apr 7, 9:33 pm, Dan M <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am trying to create some applications where users can add markers to > > a map and then store the latitude and longitude of the marker in a > > database. I am using the saveData function from the "From Infowindow > > to Database" example but I run into a problem with the first two lines > > of the saveData function. I get an error stating that "marker" is an > > undefined property. I create the marker in the onMapClick function, > > how can I access the lat/lng values of the marker in the saveData > > function? Should the function creating the marker return a value > > instead of void? The saveData function is adding values from the > > comboBox and the description field to the Mysql database. I am very > > new to Actionscript and would appreciate a newbie type answer. > > > Thanks, > > > Dan > > > Link to app with view source enabled. I had to comment out the > > problem code in the saveData function and add code in the saveData > > function declaring lat and lng as variables in order to export the > > swf. > > >http://www.wisswork.com/carbreak2.html > > > Code is below: > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > xmlns:map="com.google.maps.*" xmlns:flexlib="flexlib.controls.*" > > layout="absolute" width="100%" height="100%" > > viewSourceURL="srcview/ > > index.html"> > > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > import mx.controls.Alert; > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > > <mx:HBox height="100%" width="100%"> > > > <mx:Panel id="reportProblem" > > title="Report Car Break-in" > > height="100%" > > width="100%" > > paddingBottom="5" > > paddingLeft="5" > > paddingRight="5" > > paddingTop="5" > > fontFamily="Verdana" > > horizontalAlign="left" > > verticalAlign="top" > > fontSize="10"> > > <mx:Form id="carBreakIn1"> > > <mx:Label text="Location: Click on map or select parking > > lot from > > dropdown menu" > > fontWeight="bold" > > paddingTop="10"/> > > <mx:Label text="Parking Lot Location" > > fontWeight="bold"/> > > <mx:ComboBox id="park" editable="false" > > enabled="true"> > > <mx:ArrayCollection> > > <mx:String>Valley Green Road</mx:String> > > <mx:String>Wise's Mill Road</mx:String> > > <mx:String>Valley Green Inn</mx:String> > > </mx:ArrayCollection> > > </mx:ComboBox> > > > <mx:Form includeInLayout="false" visible="false"> > > <mx:FormItem label="Day of week" > > > <mx:TextInput id="day" width="100"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > <mx:FormItem label="Day of month"> > > <mx:TextInput id="date" width="100"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > <mx:FormItem label="Month"> > > <mx:TextInput id="month" width="100"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > <mx:FormItem label="Year"> > > <mx:TextInput id="year" width="100"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > <mx:FormItem label="Date"> > > <mx:TextInput id="wholeDate" width="100"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > </mx:Form> > > <mx:Text text="Description"/> > > <mx:FormItem id="desc" > > label="Description:" > > paddingTop="20" > > fontWeight="bold" > > width="100%" > > required="true"> > > <mx:TextArea id="description" width="100%" > > height="200" > > restrict="a-z A-Z \-" /> > > </mx:FormItem> > > > <mx:Text id="contact" > > width="100%" > > text="Please add your contact info if we have > > additional > > questions." > > fontWeight="bold" > > paddingTop="20" > > paddingBottom="10"/> > > <mx:FormItem id="contactName" label="Name:"> > > <mx:TextInput restrict="a-z A-Z \-"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > > <mx:FormItem > > > <mx:Button id="submitBtn" label="Submit" > > enabled="true" click="saveData()"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > </mx:Form> > > > </mx:Panel> > > <mx:Panel title="Wissahickon" width="100%" height="100%" > > horizontalAlign="center"> > > <map:Map > > id="map" > > > key="ABQIAAAA7LM75iEnVkcC0EWfpbWivhSVGJuxO4Y265l7a1N7FIWWIgZmihSKvx9HzMW8HDjln2SuFgBQA5jlmQ" > > mapevent_mappreinitialize="onMapPreinitialize(event)" > > mapevent_mapready="onMapReady(event)" > > width="100%" height="100%" /> > > </mx:Panel> > > </mx:HBox> > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > import com.google.maps.controls.ScaleControl; > > import com.google.maps.LatLng; > > import com.google.maps.Map; > > import com.google.maps.MapOptions; > > import com.google.maps.MapEvent; > > import com.google.maps.MapType; > > import com.google.maps.MapTypeOptions > > import com.google.maps.controls.ZoomControl; > > import com.google.maps.controls.ZoomControlOptions; > > import com.google.maps.controls.MapTypeControl; > > import com.google.maps.controls.MapTypeControlOptions; > > import com.google.maps.controls.PositionControl; > > import com.google.maps.controls.PositionControlOptions; > > import com.google.maps.controls.ControlPosition; > > import com.google.maps.interfaces.IMapType; > > import mx.utils.ObjectUtil; > > import com.google.maps.MapMouseEvent; > > import com.google.maps.overlays.Marker; > > import com.google.maps.overlays.MarkerOptions; > > import com.google.maps.InfoWindowOptions; > > > private function onMapPreinitialize(event:Event):void { > > var opts:MapOptions = new MapOptions(); > > opts.center = new LatLng(40.05659, -75.21888); > > opts.zoom = 14; > > map.setInitOptions(opts); > > } > > private function onMapReady(event:MapEvent):void { > > map.enableScrollWheelZoom(); > > map.enableContinuousZoom(); > > map.addControl(new ZoomControl()); > > map.addControl(new ScaleControl()); > > map.addControl(new MapTypeControl()); > > map.addControl(new PositionControl()); > > map.addEventListener(MapMouseEvent.CLICK, onMapClick); > > } > > > public function onMapClick(event:MapMouseEvent):void { > > // add draggable marker to the map > > var marker:Marker = new > > Marker(event.latLng, new > > MarkerOptions({draggable: true})); > > > map.addOverlay(marker); > > // prevent the addition of > > multiple markers > > map.removeEventListener(MapMouseEvent.CLICK, > > onMapClick); > > marker.getLatLng(); > > > } > > > public function saveData():void { > > > var lat:Number = marker.getLatLng().lat(); > > var lng:Number = marker.getLatLng().lng(); > > var name:String = description.text; > > var type:String = park.text; > > > var urlRequest:URLRequest = new > > URLRequest("http://www.wisswork.com/phpsqlinfo_addrow.php";); > > urlRequest.data = "name=" + name + "&type=" + type + "&lat=" + lat > > + "&lng=" + lng; > > urlRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.GET; > > var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(urlRequest); > > urlLoader.addEventListener("complete", function(e:Event):void { > > if (urlLoader.data.length <= 1) { > > Alert.show("Successfully added!"); > > > } else { > > Alert.show("There was an error adding the data :("); > > } > > }); > > } > > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > </mx:Application> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. 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