ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

XMLSocket.onClose() Event Handler

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connect() method returns false for connection attempts that violate security restrictions.

Note that security restrictions do not apply to the Standalone Player.

Example

// Create a new socket object

mySocket = new XMLSocket();

// Assign a callback handler function to onConnect

mySocket.onConnect = handleConnect;

// Attempt to connect to an application running on myserver.com at port 10000

if (mySocket.connect("myserver.com", 10000) = = false) {

// Jump to a frame showing some sort of error message

this.gotoAndStop("failureDialog");

} else {

// Jump to a frame where we'll wait until onConnect() is triggered

this.gotoAndPlay("connecting");

}

See Also

XMLSocket.close(), XMLSocket.onConnect()

XMLSocket.onClose() Event Handler

invoked when the server closes the connection

Flash 5

socket.onClose()

Description

The onClose() event handler is executed whenever an open connection to socket is closed

by the server (not by Flash). Server-instigated closures usually result from a server applica-

tion shutting down or deliberately “kicking off” the client.

Example

To respond to an onClose() event, we must assign our own function (i.e., our callback

handler) to the

onClose property of an XMLSocket object. We use the callback handler to

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