Is there a way to + number in a shared object?

[- = v i p e r = - webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

If you have a textfield like a scoreboard with the number 10 you can use:

btn1.onPress = function() {
_root.scoreboard += 5;
};

to add 10 points to the scoreboard.

Is there a way to do the same if you have a shared object?

Thanks.

/Andy

[MOLOKO]

"- = v i p e r = -" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> If you have a textfield like a scoreboard with the number 10 you can use:
>
> btn1.onPress = function() {
> _root.scoreboard += 5;
> };
>
> to add 10 points to the scoreboard.
>
> Is there a way to do the same if you have a shared object?
>
> Thanks.
>
> /Andy
>

yes, same sort of thing

_global.sharedObjRef = SharedObject.getLocal("scoreboarddata");
btn1.onPress = function()
{
_global.sharedObjRef.data.score += 5;
_global.sharedObjRef.flush();
}


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[PierreAlain]

sure.

Z = SharedObject.getLocal("myFile");
Z.data.scoreboard = 0;
.....
Z.data.scoreboard++;

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> If you have a textfield like a scoreboard with the number 10 you can use:
>
> btn1.onPress = function() {
> _root.scoreboard += 5;
> };
>
> to add 10 points to the scoreboard.
>
> Is there a way to do the same if you have a shared object?
>
> Thanks.
>
> /Andy
>
>

[sneakyimp webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

by shared object, do you mean one imported from a shared library, or a 'shared object' meaning a flash object that is communicated with through some kind of inter-movie communication? if the object is imported from a shared library by using attachMovie or something like that, you just have to know which ID you used as an arg...that would allow you to create the correct path to the object where you can increment its internal values (i *think* this is how it works).

[- = v i p e r = - webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

yes, same sort of thing

_global.sharedObjRef = SharedObject.getLocal("scoreboarddata");
btn1.onPress = function()
{
_global.sharedObjRef.data.score += 5;
_global.sharedObjRef.flush();
}


Thanks for the reply!

I have a flashcom server. I store all shared objects there. If I have a shared object with the number
10 and try to use this code, all it does is wright 105 to the shared object. Why? I whant the shared object to say 15 not 105.

Please help im going nuts!!

/Andy

[MOLOKO]

"- = v i p e r = -" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> yes, same sort of thing
>
> _global.sharedObjRef = SharedObject.getLocal("scoreboarddata");
> btn1.onPress = function()
> {
> _global.sharedObjRef.data.score += 5;
> _global.sharedObjRef.flush();
> }
>
>
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> I have a flashcom server. I store all shared objects there. If I have a shared object with the number
> 10 and try to use this code, all it does is wright 105 to the shared object. Why? I whant the shared object to say 15 not 105.
>
> Please help im going nuts!!
>
> /Andy
>

a-ha - probably because one of them is a string, not a number, so it's
concatenating them instead of adding (in AS the '+' operator means both
'concatenate' and 'add'. Therefore this code:
var numa = "10";
var numb = "5";
trace(numa + numb); //would return '105'

Although flash should try an convert strings to numbers when required,
it doesn't. To ensure your variable actually contains a number, multiply
it by one:
var numa = "10" * 1;
var numb = "5" * 1;
trace(numa + numb); //now returns '15'


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GCM/CS/IT/MC d-- S++:- a- C++ U--- P+ L++ !E W+++$ N++ O? K+ w+++$ !O M+
VMS? PS+++ PE- Y PGP+ t+ 5-- X-- R* tv++ b++++ DI++++ D+ G e h-- r+ y++
see [url]www.geekcode.com[/url] to translate the above!

[MOLOKO]

oops... replied to wrong post. try again!
"- = v i p e r = -" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:>

> Thanks for the reply!
>
> I have a flashcom server. I store all shared objects there. If I have a shared object with the number
> 10 and try to use this code, all it does is wright 105 to the shared object. Why? I whant the shared object to say 15 not 105.

a-ha - probably because one of them is a string, not a number, so it's
concatenating them instead of adding (in AS the '+' operator means both
'concatenate' and 'add'. Therefore this code:
var numa = "10";
var numb = "5";
trace(numa + numb); //would return '105'

Although flash should try an convert strings to numbers when required,
it doesn't. To ensure your variable actually contains a number, multiply
it by one:
var numa = "10" * 1;
var numb = "5" * 1;
trace(numa + numb); //now returns '15'


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MOLOKO
------------------------------------------------
::remove _underwear_ to reply::
'God saves but Buddha makes incremental backups'
------------------------------------------------
GCM/CS/IT/MC d-- S++:- a- C++ U--- P+ L++ !E W+++$ N++ O? K+ w+++$ !O M+
VMS? PS+++ PE- Y PGP+ t+ 5-- X-- R* tv++ b++++ DI++++ D+ G e h-- r+ y++
see [url]www.geekcode.com[/url] to translate the above!

[- = v i p e r = - webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

You are the man!

That thing with *1 to make it a number and not a string! Great stuff!!

Thanks!!!

/Andy