Saving an Array to a Shared Object

[pwiop webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hi Folks

(1) - Assuming I create an array as follows;

row1=new Array("One" , "Two" , "Three");
row2=new Array("Four" , "Five" , "Six");
row3=new Array("Seven" , "Eight" , "Nine");

myArray=new Array();
myArray[0]=row1;
myArray[1]=row2;
myArray[2]=row3;


(2) - I then wish to save this information to a shared object thus;

//onbuton event
mySharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("savedData");
mySharedObject.data.savedArray=myArray()
mySharedObject.flush();

(3) - . . . and recall it at some later stage

//onbuton event
mySharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("savedData");
trace(mySharedObject.data.savedArray[1][1]) - this should be "Five"


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but something in point two and/or three above is obviously horribly incorrect - what do I do??

cheers - paul

[kglad webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

myArray is a 2-d array and you can only save variables in a shared object. so, in your shared object, you can save each element of your 2-d array (along with some identifying information) and recall and recreate your 2-d array when needed.

[pwiop webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

so I cannot save 'row1' as it is to a shared object? I have to save each element of 'row1' separately

Then when I call each element I populate each array individually??

paul

[kglad webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

correct

[pwiop webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hi Again

Oddly enough you can save each row to the shared object thus

mySharedObject.data.stageOneComplete = true;
mySharedObject.data.savedScore1 = row1;
mySharedObject.data.savedScore2 = row2;
mySharedObject.data.savedScore3 = row3;
mySharedObject.flush();

I noticed that if the closed brackets are included after each array, ie Row1() it does not work


on recall I just add each part to a new array thus;


myReturnArray = new Array();
myReturnArray[0] = mySharedObject.data.savedScore1;
myReturnArray[1] = mySharedObject.data.savedScore2;
myReturnArray[2] = mySharedObject.data.savedScore3;

and to my surprise and delight it works

no calling myReturnArray[1][1] does indeed return Five

[kglad webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

i didn't know that. btw, you can store your 2-d array:
so = SharedObject.getLocal("savedData");
so.data.savedArray=myArray;
and retrieve it:
so = SharedObject.getLocal("savedData");
myA=so.data.savedArray;

[Unregistered]

Not sure how old this link is - but here is a method to store arrays into a sharedObject

var hostName:String = "savedData";

var testArray:Array = new Array("1","2","3");
var tierArray:Array = new Array();
tierArray.push({A:"Your", B:"Name"})

var severalItems:Object = new Object();
severalItems.item1 = "Information to Store";
severalItems.item2 = testArray;
severalItems.item3 = tierArray;

var mySo:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal(hostName);

mySo.data.mydata = severalItems;
mySo.flush();

trace(mySo.data.mydata.item1);
trace(mySo.data.mydata.item2[1]);
trace(mySo.data.mydata.item3[0].A);