Connect (Localconnection.connect Method) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

Actionscript 2.0 language reference
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The
MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth()
7 or later. If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components
DepthManager class instead of the
See also

connect (LocalConnection.connect method)

connect (LocalConnection.connect method)
public connect(connectionName:String) : Boolean
Prepares a LocalConnection object to receive commands from a
command (called the sending LocalConnection object). The object used with this command is
called the receiving LocalConnection object. The receiving and sending objects must be running
on the same client computer.
Make sure you define the methods attached to
shown in all the examples in this section.
By default, Flash Player resolves
"superdomain:connectionName"
containing the
LocalConnection.connect()
containing the receiving LocalConnection object is located at www.someDomain.com,
resolves to
connectionName
on the client computer, the value assigned to
Also by default, Flash Player lets the receiving LocalConnection object accept commands only
from sending LocalConnection objects whose connection name also resolves into a value of
"superdomain:connectionName"
the same domain to communicate with each other.
If you are implementing communication only between SWF files in the same domain, specify
a string for
connectionName
specify a domain name (for example,
the
LocalConnection.connect(connectionName)
method used in this example requires Flash Player
MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth()
receiving_lc
connectionName
, where
superdomain
command. For example, if the SWF file
"someDomain.com:connectionName"
superdomain
. In this way, Flash makes it simple for SWF files located in
that does not begin with an underscore (_) and that does not
"myDomain:connectionName"
LocalConnection.send()
before calling this method, as
into a value of
is the superdomain of the SWF file
. (If a SWF file is located
is
"localhost"
). Use the same string in
command.
method.
.)
LocalConnection
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