Sharedobject.getlocal() - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

SharedObject.getLocal()

Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
SharedObject.getLocal(objectName:String [, localPath:String]) : SharedObject
Note: The correct syntax is
myLocal_so = SharedObject.getLocal
Parameters
A string that represents the name of the object. The name can include forward
objectName
slashes ( ); for example,
/
object name, nor are the following characters:
~ % & \ ; :
An optional string parameter that specifies the full or partial path to the SWF file
localPath
that created the shared object, and that determines where the shared object will be stored locally.
The default value is the full path. See the Description section for a discussion of this parameter's
importance.
Returns
A reference to a shared object that is persistent locally and is available only to the current client. If
Flash can't create or find the shared object (for example, if
directory exists), this method returns
Description
Method; returns a reference to a locally persistent shared object that is available only to the
current client.
Note: If the user has selected to never allow local storage for this domain, the object is not saved
locally, even if a value for
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To avoid name collisions, Flash looks at the location of the SWF file that is creating the shared
object. For example, if a SWF file at www.myCompany.com/apps/stockwatcher.swf creates a
shared object named
that was created by a SWF file at www.yourCompany.com/photoshoot.swf because
portfolio
the SWF files originate from different directories.
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, that shared object will not conflict with another object named
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localPath
.
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