# localConnection layers

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/localconnection-layers/167348>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 27, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/localconnection-layers/167348 "2005-10-27T12:34:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jakepeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@jakepeg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jakepeg)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/localconnection-layers/167348/1 "2005-10-27T12:34:01Z")

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Hello.

I’m using localConnection and when I test my movie it works - I test the sending and receiving swf files in flash and they talk to each other fine.

I put the 2 movies into 2 different layers on a webpage and they dont communicate.

how can this be?