Shared Object quirk

Question

Hi all,
I made a slot machine. It's simple enough: hit the spin
button, the reel movieclips play, and a random number is created to
decide what the winner is. People will win hats, shirts, buffet
vouchers, etc., and I have to limit the quantities for each, and I
have to be able to report how many of each were spun after the
event is done. For this, I've created a local shared object that
stores each individual spin and also totals for each prize. I used
the shared object so we can shut the machine down and move it to
other parts of the city as we move around...and because it's a
standalone machine with no VMWare or database access.
The problem: I want to use another movie (which accesses the
same shared object) to display the data in report format. If I
spin, and then close the movie, and open the other one, there's
nothing. What I have to do is spin and close the movie three times
before there is anything showing up in the other movie. The problem
is that I have several prizes unaccounted for.
I'm thinking that either I start the local shared object in
the wrong place, or am flushing it in the wrong place. Any advice
would be greatly appreciated.
Code is attached.

Answer 1

Hi again,
If someone can point me in the right direction as to where to
look, I would greatly appreciate your help...Thanks!
<pre>
//start up the local shared object
mySO=SharedObject.getLocal("spins","/");
if(mySO.data.spinCount==null){
mySO.data.spinCount="Spin Results";
if(mySO.data.prizeTotals==null){
mySO.data.prizeTotals="Prizes Used";
mySO.flush();
//done starting up the local shared object
//Store data locally
function sendDataToLocal(spinResult){
mySO=SharedObject.getLocal("spins","/");
inputOut=spinResult;
theTime = new Date();
spinTime= (theTime.getYear()+1900)+" .
"+(theTime.getMonth()+1)+" . "+theTime.getDate()+",
"+theTime.getHours()+":"+theTime.getMinutes();
mySO.data.spinCount+="\n"+spinTime+":
"+inputOut+"\n----------------------";
mytempPrize=prize1+" Used= "+used1+"\n"+prize2+" Used=
"+used2+"\n"+prize3+" Used= "+used3+"\n"+prize4+" Used=
"+used4+"\n"+prize5+" Used= "+used5+"\n"+prize6+" Used=
"+used6+"\n"+prize7+" Used= "+used7+"\n"+prize8+" Used=
"+used8+"\n"+prize9+" Used= "+used9+"\n"+prize10+" Used=
"+used10+"\nTotal Spins:
"+(used1+used2+used3+used4+used5+used6+used7+used8+used9+used10)+"\n";
mySO.data.prizeTotals=mytempPrize;
trace(mytempPrize);
mySO.flush();
inputOut="";
//Done storing data locally
</pre>