Comments on: Accessing a Local Shared Object from multiple SWF files

By: hab

hab — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:43:44 +0000

Now I figured out how to refresh a LSO in AS3:

In the first frame the LSO is declared:
var LSO:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal(“LSOName”,”/”);

In the second frame it is changed, then flushed and set to null:
LSO.flush();
LSO = null;

In the third frame it reloaded:
LSO = SharedObject.getLocal(“LSOName”,”/”);
gotoAndPlay(2);

Works for me!
Cheers

By: hab

hab — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:41:23 +0000

Hi there! Thanks for that article! I have almost the same problem. I want to control one swf with another through the LSO in AS3. The problem is, that the swf that I want to control, doesn’t read the LSO after the first time on start up. Since the “delete” doesn’t work on dynamically created variables – I don’t know what to do…
Any suggestions would be appreciated – thanks!

By: Royston

Royston — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:08:10 +0000

Hey, great article.. We’re creating a chat bar that synchronizes its behaviors across different tabs and browsers. Was wondering why the heck the LSO in the older flash instance doesn’t update itself.

One drawback, your method won’t work in AS3, since you can only delete dynamically created variables. Couldn’t seem to find a way to force the LSO to ‘refresh’ itself in AS3. Had to resort to using LocalConnections to keep all the LSOs synchronized.