# Can 2 flash movies read the same shared object

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-2-flash-movies-read-the-same-shared-object/42834>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 13, 2004, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-2-flash-movies-read-the-same-shared-object/42834 "2004-02-13T10:46:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaitra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@chaitra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chaitra)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-2-flash-movies-read-the-same-shared-object/42834/1 "2004-02-13T10:46:17Z")

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Hi,

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My problem is that i have a flash movie with has a link to another flash movie. I want both of them to read from the same shared object. I know it violates the funda of shared objects. Is there some way of doin this.Both these movies run from a Tomcat Web server within the same domain.

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Please help!!!

Regards,  
Chaitra

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-2-flash-movies-read-the-same-shared-object/42834/2 "2004-02-13T21:45:09Z")

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i think that is possible but u have to use absolute paths:

some = SharedObject.getLocal(“c:\something.sol”)

instead of

some = SharedObject.getLocal(“something”)

altough im not really sure of this (test it) i will look it up on AS the definitive guide later

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-2-flash-movies-read-the-same-shared-object/42834/3 "2004-02-13T22:33:34Z")

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you can of course, by passing in a path parameter (as per aboves post), just be carefull, any of the 2 swfs will then overwrite data from the other (a SO gets saved when you close the page…)