sharing a netconnection or netstream between multiple swf

Question

Hi,

I posted this question in the actionscript forum, but
couldn't get an answer.

Is it possible to create a NetConnection in one swf and
access/use that object in another swf file on the same page?

My goal is to have multiple media components on a web page
that the user could enable or disable. I don't want to have to
create a new NetConnection for each one, as this is expensive.

According to the docs, LocalConnection can be used to pass
objects between two swf files.

Is it possible to send a NetConnection or NetStream object
from one swf file to another to redirect a connection / stream
without creating a second one? I tried doing this with arbitrary
objects, and it works. But when I try to pass in a NetConnection
object, it always shows up as undefined on the receiving end.

Thanks.

Anonymous · Answer

You can let the "slave" SWFs talk to the "master" SWF and let the master "SWF" make calls to the FMS server.

The Localconnection Object will do the job for you.

1. set up a working LC between 2 SWFs
2. make on each SWF a function that fills an inputtext field with a string that you passed as an argument
3. make a button that calls the function on the LC in your targer SWF
4. test that this works

5. make a netconnection to your FMS in your master SWF
6. define a function in your FMS serversided code that does a trace so you can see that that function is being called from your Flash client
7. Use the Flash Media Console to connect to your server , your application and your instance (if you use an instance of your application)
8. make a button in your master SWF and let it call the function
9. make sure the serversided function on your FMS server is being called and see that your argument is being traced in the FMS console
10. define a localconnection function in your master SWF that calls the serversided-function on your FMS
11. call from your slave-FMS the LC-function in your master-SWF.
12. Check with your FMS Console if the function executes

Et voila. You "share" 1 netconnection with more than one SWF now.

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