Adobe startus text chat broken @ connection setup

Question

Posted my question here, I think I may get some better support here.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3453969/adobe-startus-text-chat-broken-connection-setup
^ You can look there for better actionscript formatting. ^
Called with jquery using
$("#flashtxtchat").get(0).startTxtChat()
pretty much a javascript call to startTxtChat() which causes the fail.
ArgumentError: Error #2126:
NetConnection object must be
connected. at
flash.net::NetConnection/get nearID()
at textchat/startChat() at
Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()
at
flash.external::ExternalInterface$/_callIn()
at ()
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mx:Application height="1" width="1" verticalScrollPolicy="off" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="init()" backgroundColor="#EEEEEE" verticalAlign="middle">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.events.*;
import flash.external.*;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.system.*;
import mx.containers.*;
import mx.controls.*;
import mx.core.*;
import mx.events.*;
import mx.styles.*;
import mx.utils.*;
private var netConnection:NetConnection;
private var sendStream:NetStream;
private var receiveStream:NetStream;
private var strangerPeerID:String;
public function init() : void
var url:* = FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.url;
var serverName:* = URLUtil.getServerName(url);
if (!serverName.match(/(localhost|127.0.0.1)$/))
return;
ExternalInterface.addCallback("startTxtChat", this.startChat);
ExternalInterface.addCallback("gotStrangerPeerID", this.gotStrangerPeerID);
ExternalInterface.addCallback("sendMsg", this.sendMsg);
ExternalInterface.addCallback("stopTxtChat", this.stopChat);
ExternalInterface.call("flashtxtChat_init");
return;
}// end function
public function startChat() : void
if (this.netConnection)
ExternalInterface.call("flashtxtChat_gotNearID", this.netConnection.nearID);
else
this.netConnection = new NetConnection();
this.netConnection.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, this.netConnectionHandler);
this.netConnection.connect("rtmfp://stratus.rtmfp.net/key1-key2/");
return;
}// end function
public function gotStrangerPeerID(param1:String) : void
var _loc_3:NetStream = null;
this.strangerPeerID = param1;
var _loc_2:int = 0;
while (_loc_2 < this.sendStream.peerStreams.length)
_loc_3 = this.sendStream.peerStreams[_loc_2];
if (_loc_3.farID != this.strangerPeerID)
_loc_3.close();
_loc_2++;
this.receiveStream = new NetStream(this.netConnection, this.strangerPeerID);
this.receiveStream.play("textchat");
this.receiveStream.client = this;///temp added by me
//this.strangerVideo.attachNetStream(this.receiveStream);
return;
}// end function
public function sendMsg(msg: String) : void
sendStream.send("recvMsg", msg);
public function recvMsg(msg: String) : void
ExternalInterface.call("recvMsg", msg);
public function stopChat() : void
this.strangerPeerID = null;
return;
}// end function
public function netConnectionHandler(event:NetStatusEvent) : void
var c:Object;
var event:* = event;
switch(event.info.code)
case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
c = new Object();
c.onPeerConnect = function (param1:NetStream) : Boolean
if (strangerPeerID == null)
return true;
return param1.farID == strangerPeerID;
};// end function
this.sendStream = new NetStream(this.netConnection, NetStream.DIRECT_CONNECTIONS);
this.sendStream.client = c;
this.sendStream.publish("textchat");
ExternalInterface.call("flashtxtChat_gotNearID", this.netConnection.nearID);
break;
case "NetConnection.Connect.Failed":
this.netConnection = null;
ExternalInterface.call("flashCb_errorConnectingToStratus");
break;
case "NetConnection.Connect.Closed":
this.netConnection = null;
this.sendStream.close();
this.sendStream = null;
if (this.receiveStream)
this.receiveStream.close();
this.receiveStream = null;
break;
default:
break;
return;
}// end function
]]>
</mx:Script>
</mx:Application>

Answer 1

in your function startChat(), you say
  if (this.netConnection)
            ExternalInterface.call("flashtxtChat_gotNearID", this.netConnection.nearID);
if the netConnection is in the process of connecting and startChat() gets called again, then the netConnection will not be null but will also not be connected.  you can only get the nearID if the netConnection is connected.