Dear Tom, Back in April you posted the response below that I saved at the time because I knew I'd need it later. The later is now, and I'm writing with a quick question: has anything happened in this area between April and now? Was another technote or sample added perhaps? Has it been written up in one of the new books on D MX? Thanks,
Slava At 03:31 PM 4/19/04 -0700, you wrote: >> Are globals between simultaneously playing shockwave movies possible? > >Nope, sorry. > > >> Are there other ways of doing this? > >Yes! The old school way is to have the two movies share one prefs file >(accessed using getPref/setPref) but that's not exactly ideal. There are two >other options that you might consider: > >1. use the multiuser Xtra and allow the movies to communicate using a >peer-to-peer connection >2. use Local Connection Objects (it's a Flash object that can be created in >Director MX and newer) > >Both of the above options allow you to create two DCR's that can reside in the >same page and freely communicate back and forth. The Multiuser Xtra is >technically no longer under development but it's available as far back as >Director 7. The use of Local Shared Objects is only available in Director MX >and MX 2004 and will require the Flash Asset Xtra (you don't need a SWF >though, you can create them from Lingo/JavaScript syntax on the fly). > >Check out the demos I have on this page for some examples on using the "Flash >Objects From Scripting" and "Local Connection Objects" features: > >http://poppy.macromedia.com/~thiggins/flash_integration/ > >Note that I don't have an example of using Lingo to create Local Connection >Objects, but I do have demos on using Lingo to create Flash objects, then I >have a *.fla demo on using Local Connection Objects in particular, you'll have >to put the pieces together to make it work. But once you do, your two movies >will be chattin' away and things will be all good. > >NOTE: the use of Local Connection Objects like I'm describing will allow you >to communicate between any two Director/Flash projects running on the same >machine!!! Yes, you can then make a DCR in a page that easily talks with a SWF >in that same page. Or make a Director projector that can talk to the SWF in a >page loaded on the same computer. Or make a Director projector that talks to a >Flash projector running on the same computer. It's quite a nice trick for >these kinds of problems. :) > >Cheers, >Tom Higgins >Product Specialist - Director Team >Macromedia > >Director MX 2004 >Industrial-Strength Multimedia >www.macromedia.com/software/director [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
