[flexcoders] localConnection not working from Air to Air

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Any hints on getting a localConnection to work from AIR to AIR?
It works from FLEX to FLEX, I am using the code from the livedocs
example.   I am getting a statusEvent of 'error'.
thanks,
 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
layout="absolute" 
 
 
        creationComplete="initConn()"
        backgroundAlpha="0" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF">
        <mx:Script>
                <![CDATA[
                import flash.net.LocalConnection;

                private var conn:LocalConnection;

                private function initConn():void{
                        btnSend.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendMessage);
                        conn = new LocalConnection();
                        conn.allowDomain('*');
                        conn.addEventListener(StatusEvent.STATUS, onStatus);
                }

                private function sendMessage(event:MouseEvent):void {
                        conn.send("localConn", "localconnectionHandler", 
inputTask.text);
                }

                private function onStatus(event:StatusEvent):void {
                        switch (event.level) {
                                case "status":
                                        labelStatus.text = 
"LocalConnection.send() succeeded";
                                        break;
                                case "error":
                                        labelStatus.text = 
"LocalConnection.send() failed";
                                        break;
                        }
                }
                ]]>
        </mx:Script>
        <mx:Panel horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0">
                <mx:Form width="100%" height="100%" horizontalCenter="0"
verticalCenter="0">
                        <mx:FormItem label="Enter Task">
                                <mx:TextInput id="inputTask"/>
                        </mx:FormItem>
                        <mx:FormItem label="Send Task ">
                                <mx:Button id="btnSend" label="Send"/>
                        </mx:FormItem>
                        <mx:ControlBar>
                                <mx:Label id="labelStatus" text=""/>
                        </mx:ControlBar>
                </mx:Form>
        </mx:Panel>
 
</mx:WindowedApplication>


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
layout="absolute"
creationComplete="InitConn()"
        backgroundAlpha="0"   width="600" height="600"
        backgroundColor="#FFFFFF">
        <mx:Script>
                <![CDATA[
                        import flash.net.LocalConnection;

                        private var conn:LocalConnection;

                        private function InitConn():void{
                                conn = new LocalConnection();
                                conn.allowDomain('*');
                                conn.client = this;
                                try {
                                        conn.connect("localConn");
                                        textareaTasks.text= textareaTasks.text 
+ "CONNECTING TO
playlistDebug" + "\n";
                                } catch (error:ArgumentError) {
                                        trace("Can't connect.");
                                        textareaTasks.text= textareaTasks.text 
+ "Can't connect." + "\n";
                                }
                        }

                        public function localconnectionHandler(msg:String):void 
{
                                textareaTasks.text= textareaTasks.text + msg + 
"\n";
                        }

                        private function clearTasks(event:MouseEvent):void {
                                textareaTasks.text="";
                        }

                ]]>
        </mx:Script>
        <mx:Panel  horizontalCenter="0"
                verticalCenter="0.5"
                verticalGap="15"
                paddingLeft="20" paddingRight="20" paddingBottom="20" 
paddingTop="20"
                height="100%" width="100%">
                <mx:Label text="Trace output:"/>
                <mx:TextArea id="textareaTasks"
                        top="20" left="20" right="20" bottom="20"
                        width="100%" height="100%"/>
                <mx:HBox>
                        <mx:Button id="btnClearTasks" click="clearTasks(event)"
label="Clear "/>
                                                <mx:Button id="connectagain" 
click="InitConn( )"
label="ConnectAgain "/>
                </mx:HBox>
        </mx:Panel>     
        
</mx:WindowedApplication>