Flash Player creates two different _global objects for swfs of different
versions.

On 7/5/06, Todd Hivnor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I have a Flash application which loads in external .swf files for drawing
charts. My main .swf is compiled for the Flash 7 player, while the loaded
.swf files are compiled for the Flash 6 player. The Flash 6 .swf is not able
to access variables or functions which are defined in the _global context of
the Flash 7 .swf file. But if I have two Flash 7 movies, or two  Flash 6
movies, things work fine.

Is there some known interaction I should know about? Specifically,
shouldn't two .swf files compiled for different versions player still share
the same _global scope?


As an example, I've created flash6.fla and flash7.fla. They have the
following action script:


---flash7.fla---

_global.callbackFunction = function() { trace("Got Callback"); }

loader_mc = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("loader_mc", 3);
loader_mc.loadMovie("flash6.swf");

---flash6.fla---

trace("Loaded Flash6.swf");
trace("_global.callbackFunction: " + _global.callbackFunction);

---------------

The trace function shows me that _global.callbackFunction is defined if
flash6.fla is published for Flash 7 players. But if I republish, targeting
the Flash 6 player, the function is longer defined. It is like they have
totally separate _global scopes. If I switch from _global to _root, however,
things work fine. So, I can work around the issue. But it strikes me as real
odd that the two .swf files don't share the same _global variable space.

Clues?


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