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Communication between 2 flash movies

Above, we have the catching SWF. Below, we have the pitching SWF. Type something in the text box and press “GO”.

pitch()

package com.drpunchlogic
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;

	import flash.net.LocalConnection;

    import flash.events.StatusEvent;

    public class punchPitch extends Sprite
	{
// ---------------------------
		private var conn:LocalConnection;

        public function punchPitch()
		{
            conn = new LocalConnection();
            conn.addEventListener(StatusEvent.STATUS, onStatus);

			btn.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, pitch );
        }

        private function pitch( e:MouseEvent ):void {
            conn.send( "myConnection", "lcHandler", txt.text );
        }

        private function onStatus( e:StatusEvent ):void {
            switch ( e.level ) {
                case "status":
                    trace("LocalConnection.send() succeeded");
                    break;
                case "error":
                    trace("LocalConnection.send() failed");
                    break;
            }
        }
// ---------------------------
    }
}

catch()

package com.drpunchlogic
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.net.LocalConnection;

    public class punchCatch extends Sprite {
        private var conn:LocalConnection;
        private var output:TextField;

        public function punchCatch()
		{
            conn = new LocalConnection();
            conn.client = this;
            try {
                conn.connect("myConnection");
            } catch (error:ArgumentError) {
                trace("Can't connect...the connection name is already being used by another SWF");
            }
        }

        public function lcHandler(msg:String):void
		{
            txt.htmlText = msg;
        }

    }
}