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Create a Flash SharedObject (Flash Cookie)

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This snippet will help create a flashSharedObject a.k.a Flash Cookie, which much better than conventional cookies since they remain through all browsers and cannot be erased by the user using traditional cookie erasing methods

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  1. //create SO
  2. var mySharedObject:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("republicofcode");
  3. mySharedObject.data.firstName = "John";
  4. mySharedObject.data.lastName = "Doe";
  5. mySharedObject.flush();
  6.  
  7. //Read SO
  8. var mySharedObject:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("republicofcode");
  9. trace(mySharedObject.data.firstName);
  10. trace(mySharedObject.data.lastName);
  11.  
  12.  
  13. //Delete SO
  14. var mySharedObject:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("republicofcode");
  15. mySharedObject.clear();
  16.  
  17.  
  18. //example for SO where it stored a X & Y coordinates of a movie
  19. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  20.  
  21.  
  22. var mySO:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("republicofcode");
  23.  
  24. movie_mc.x = mySO.data.my_x;
  25. movie_mc.y = mySO.data.my_y;
  26.  
  27. if (!mySO.data.my_y) {
  28. movie_mc.x = 150;
  29. movie_mc.y = 100;
  30. }
  31.  
  32. movie_mc.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDown);
  33. function onDown (e:MouseEvent):void {
  34. var my_mc = e.target;
  35. my_mc.startDrag ();
  36. }
  37.  
  38. movie.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onUP);
  39. function onUP (e:MouseEvent):void {
  40. logo_mc.stopDrag ();
  41. mySO.data.my_x = movie_mc.x;
  42. mySO.data.my_y = movie_mc.y;
  43. mySO.flush ();
  44. }
  45.  
  46. movie_mc.buttonMode=true;

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