pass FileReference between two flash movies

Question

Hi

I have an html page with a flash object that provides video chat using stratus. I want to enable file sharing from a different UI on the same html page. I want to use the same stratus connection to send the file.

Is it possible to create a small flash object that will present a browse button and let the user choose a file and then pass the FileReference or file details to the stratus object to send it?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Pablo,

If the two SWFs are on the same page, you should be able to the LocalConnection API to allow two way communication between the two movies.

I have not directly tried this approach for passing a FileReference object, but it is worth noting that there is a filesize restriction of 40K when using LocalConnection.send() - you may be able to get around this by serialising your FileReference object first and sending it over in chunks.