IIRC there are a few problems/limitations with using LocalConnection. I had real trouble with getting it to work consistently.
It might be worth taking a look at Robert Taylor's FlashInterface (which uses ExternalInterface). http://www.flashextensions.com/products/flashinterface.php Cheers, Ian On 6/7/07, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> but is it not possible for AS2 movies to share data with AS3 at all Out of the box, not possible.. You need to use a LocalConnection to have the 2 AVM's communicate with each other, which by itself has limitations. For starters, 40k data limit. regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Whittaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Prof copy: missing Tree component. > Hi guys, > > I haven't had a chance to delve into using AS3 yet, and I know the AS1 and > AS3 runtime engines in the Flash 9 player are totally seperate, but is it > not possible for AS2 movies to share data with AS3 at all? Surely an AS3 > movie can load an AS2 movie into itself and access it's properties? If so > then it should be possible for an AS3 project to use an AS2 movie with > remoting components and use movieclips for data storage and communication? > > It would be poor use of OO coding skills, but technically feasible and much > less effort than re-engineering the components. And along those lines, isn't > it possible to reverse-engineer the AS2 components with a decompiler, and > rewrite the code in AS3? > > Scott _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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