Arrays in Flash Games

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Originally Posted by King_Cool

OK so
- I made a simple MMF2 Flash Application which writes 9 to an Array and saves it as TestArray.arr
- I then searches for TestArray.arr in Window
- Windows finda a file "TestArray.arr.sol" in the Applications folder
- However if i manually open the Application folder, no such file exists

I allways thought Array files had the .arr extencion

What is a .sol file?
Is the .sol file my Array file?
Why is the .sol file not visible to me?

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I can only think that the system is hiding a file with that extension type.

Do you have the folder settings to show hidden files?

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Originally Posted by OldSchool80s

I can only think that the system is hiding a file with that extension type.

Do you have the folder settings to show hidden files?

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Yes, it is set to "Show hidden files, folders and drives"

Only thing I can think is that you are looking in a place where you think the file is being saved, but it's being saved somewhere else. ???

"SOL files are Adobe Flash Player Shared Objects which are used to read and store limited user data and settings on a computer or server. They offer real time sharing and work in a similar fashion to cookies."

It seems when a MMF2 Flash App saves an Array, it saves the Array as a .sol file instead of an .arr file.
And i think this is the core of the problem...

...An Array cannot LOAD a .sol file ( as far as i know )...

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Any workaround for this?
Maybe its possible to force the Array to save as a .arr file?
Maybe there is some way the Array is able to read .sol files?
Maybe there is some way MMF2 can read .sol files?
A method for converting ( preferably not external ) .sol files to .arr files?

I would very much like to be able to save and load Arrays in MMF2 Flash.

Go into the Control Panel > Folder Options > View > Check "Show hidden files, folders, drives.

Flash Local Shared Object File
Contains user data and settings stored by Flash Player 6 and later ; similar to a cookie saved from a Web page, but is used specifically by Flash Player. SOL files can be opened and edited with SolVE: the Local Shared Object Viewer/Editor, or by another SOL file editor.

Marv

So the answer is that it is not possible to use an array for saving in flash?

Outcast. In my experience and teachings, no it's not. I have ask anyone to provide an example file showing arrays saving and loading a player's x,y position in flash.

Marv

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Originally Posted by nivram

Outcast. In my experience and teachings, no it's not. I have ask anyone to provide an example file showing arrays saving and loading a player's x,y position in flash.

Marv

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Thanks Nivram, seems like its not possible, but its strange that some say it is :S. If there is no example of it then it seems very doubtful it actually works.

I was not aware that Arrays in Flash builds were saved as .sol files.

Its seems impossible to load Array data from a MMF2 Flash application, unless
( A ) MMF2 Flash is able to save Array files as a .arr
( B ) MMF2 Flash is able to read data of a .sol file

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It is however quite easy to tread an INI file as an array, by treating the Groups as the X Index and the Items as the Y index