[F8] local connection over multiple SWF's

[Kennyb]

I want to embed multiple copies of the same SWF in a page, and use local connection to pass a variable to all of those SWF's. I can get my local connection to work, but it only affects the first encountered SWF on the page, and the others seem to ignore the local connection.

Here's a link to an example:

http://www.cowfly.com/misc/sharedObjectTest.html

Here's a link to the FLA I'm using:

http://www.cowfly.com/misc/testLocalConnection.zip

In the movie, I have a button and a dynamic text field. If my test worked as I wanted, I would be able to push the button and the text field in all of the SWF's on the page would read "It worked". However, only one of them works.

How can I get all of the SWF's to recognize the localConnection?

What I eventually want to do is to have multiple audio players embedded in a page and tell them all to stop if any one starts, but first I have to figure this out. I've previously used the ExternalInterface API for this, but in this case I need localConnection.

Also, here's the code from frame one for anyone who doesn't want to download the FLA:

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
listeningLC = new LocalConnection();

listeningLC.toPlayer = function(playControl) {

if (playControl == 1) {
playControl = 0;
testText = "It worked"
}
};
listeningLC.connect("lc_outgoing");

//
testButton.onPress = function() {
talkingLC = new LocalConnection();
playControl = 1;

talkingLC.send("lc_outgoing", "toPlayer", playControl);
//
}

[a_modified_dog]

Hi Kenny.... couldn't see any fault in the code you have used.

i have a working file with interaction between 3 swf files at -

http://www.jackleaman.co.uk/test/loc...ion/index.html

download the zip and pick it apart, it might help

[Kennyb]

That's some nice coding, but it looks like yours communicates from movie 1 to movie 2 and then from movie 2 to movie 3 - right? I really want to find a solution that lets me use only one swf. Maybe it's not possible?

[a_modified_dog]

all files are interconnecting - 1 to 2, 1 to 3, 3 to 2, 3 to 1,
1 and 3 are senders, 2 is a receiver only

i haven't tried the approach you are using with one swf repeated
i'll give it a go over the weekend and get back to you

[Kennyb]

Thanks!

[a_modified_dog]

Hi .. all tests end with the same result .. only the first swf is activated

my only thoughts are (untested) name each swf with a number -
a0.swf, a1.swf, a2.swf..
use _url to pull in the file path/name - str = _url
find the dot - dot = str.lastIndexOf(".");
find the number - num = str.charAt(dot-1);

somehow incorporate the number into the localConnection

as i state it's all untested, but if this helps, or you find
some other way of getting it to work, please let me know.

[Kennyb]

Hi .. all tests end with the same result .. only the first swf is activated

my only thoughts are (untested) name each swf with a number -
a0.swf, a1.swf, a2.swf..
use _url to pull in the file path/name - str = _url
find the dot - dot = str.lastIndexOf(".");
find the number - num = str.charAt(dot-1);

somehow incorporate the number into the localConnection

as i state it's all untested, but if this helps, or you find
some other way of getting it to work, please let me know.

Thanks for testing and verifying this. Your idea has me thinking... I bet I could use FlashVars to give each localConnection it's own unique name and then for loop through the possibilities. I'll try to test this soon.