||unity-dev|| newbie question on extending uSharedPointer

Hi Unity developers,

 

My name is Tony.  I just joined this list.  Please forgive my
unfamiliarity with Unity.

 

I'm very new to Unity development (first time).  I'm currently working
on a project that is pretty much the uSharedPointer example with the
addition of one thing:

When a user's pointer is clicked on, that particular user gets a visual
cue.

Ex. Users A and B are on the visiting the site.  User A clicks on User
B's mouse cursor which in turn causes a visual cue on User B's flash.

 

I've modified the SharedPointerRoomView class:

 

public function onNumClients (e:URoomEvent):Void {

    client.getTargetMC().numUsers_txt.text = e.getNumClients() + ' (' +
client.getClientID() + ')';

    //client.invokeOnClient("onClick", client.getClientID(),
client.getClientID());

    trace(e.getNumClients());

  }

 

public function onAddClient (e:URoomEvent):Void {

    var clientID:String = e.getClientID();

    var username:String;

 

    // Retrieve the remoteuser that represents the client that just
joined.

    var remoteuser:RemoteClient =
client.getRemoteClientManager().getClient(clientID);

 

    // Create a Pointer object for the new user.

    pointers[clientID] = new Pointer(client.getTargetMC(),
client.getNewTargetDepth());

    pointers[clientID].setIcon(Settings.defaultPointerIcon);

    var s:String = client.getClientID();

    // hide your own pointer

    if (clientID == s)

    { pointers[clientID].hide(); }

    pointers[clientID].pointerContainer_mc.onRelease = function ()

    {

      //client.invokeOnClient("onClick", clientID, s);

      //var ev:URoomEvent = new URoomEvent(this, clientID, s);

      //this.onClick(ev);

      //trace(ev.getStatus());

    }

 

    var userPositions:Array =
remoteuser.getAttribute(Settings.appNamespaceID 

                                                                + "." +
Settings.appRoomID, "posList").split("~");

    var userNextPosition:Array = userPositions[0].split(",");

    var userX:Number = parseInt(userNextPosition[0]);

    var userY:Number = parseInt(userNextPosition[1]);

    

    client.invokeOnClient("setClickerEvent", client.getClientID(),
client.getClientID());

 

    pointers[clientID].moveTo(userX, userY);

  }

 

  /**

   * URoomListener event handler

   */

  public function onClick(e:URoomEvent):Void {

    trace(client.getClientID() + ' to ' + e.getStatus());

    client.invokeOnClient("onClick", e.getStatus(),
client.getClientID());

}

 

 

I've also added this event handler to uSharedPointer class:

 

public function onClick(e:SocketEvent):Void {

    trace(e);

    if (getClientID() == e)

    {

      getTargetMC().showClicker();

    }

  }

 

 

The problem is that the client variable is null when the onRelease event
is triggered.  The invokeOnClient() call works in the onNumClients()
event handler.  I tried to raise an event but that didn't work, also.
So I'm stuck.  Maybe I'm overlooking the obvious.

Please help.

 

Thank you very much for your time!

~Tony