XMLSocket Troubles

hi I was wondering. anyone have an Idea on how I could get the XML socket to send information that is in a text input… called sendMessage here is the code…

function myOnConnect(success) {
	if (success) {
		messageWindow.text = "Connection succeeded!";
	} else {
		messageWindow.text = "Connection failed!";
	}
}
socket = new XMLSocket();
socket.onConnect = myOnConnect;
if (!socket.connect("localhost", 1337)) {
	messageWindow.text = "Connection failed!";
}
function closeConnection() {
	socket.close();
	messageWindow.text = "Connection Closed";
}
function sendData() {
	var myXMLSocket:XMLSocket = new XMLSocket();
	myXMLSocket.send(sendMessage.text);
	sendMessage.text = "";
}
// buttons
sendButton.onRelease = function() {
	sendData();
};
closeButton.onRelease = function() {
	closeConnection();
};

Thanks Again :slight_smile: