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Parameters
None.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; purges all the data from the shared object and deletes the shared object from the disk.
The reference to
Example
The following example sets data in the shared object, and then empties all of the data from the
shared object.
var my_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("superfoo");
my_so.data.name = "Hector";
trace("before my_so.clear():");
for (var prop in my_so.data) {
trace("\t"+prop);
}
trace("");
my_so.clear();
trace("after my_so.clear():");
for (var prop in my_so.data) {
trace("\t"+prop);
}
This ActionScript writes the following message to the log file:
before my_so.clear():
name
after my_so.clear():
SharedObject.data
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
myLocalSharedObject.data:Object
Description
Property; the collection of attributes assigned to the
can be shared and/or stored. Each attribute can be an object of any basic ActionScript or
JavaScript type—Array, Number, Boolean, and so on. For example, the following lines assign
values to various aspects of a shared object:
var items_array:Array = new Array(101, 346, 483);
var currentUserIsAdmin:Boolean = true;
var currentUserName:String = "Ramona";
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is still active, and
my_so
is now empty.
my_so
property of the object; these attributes
data