# Shared Object Problem **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [September 22, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-object-problem/65089 "2004-09-22T22:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fightalone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@fightalone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fightalone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-object-problem/65089/1 "2004-09-22T22:58:26Z")
alright… recently i needed to share data between different flash .swfs on a homepage… so i tried to use Shared Objects to do so… sofar its fine… i tried it … and as long as the data is stored on my harddisk… the sharedObject “cookies” work fine… but when i put the site online… they simply dont work anymore… could this have something to do with security settings of the browser used?.. doesnt a web browser allow flash to access the harddisk to read and write shared objects… is there another… simpler and more reliable way to send data from one .swf file to another…?? (without using php -\> my webserver doesnt support this sofar :-/ ) any help would be great… thx in advance…! yours sincerly ---
**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:** [September 23, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-object-problem/65089/2 "2004-09-23T01:12:35Z")
yes there is a plugin setting that determines whether or not a swf file is allowed to write data to the hard disk. When you right click or control click on the swf file, it should pop up a settings dialog box which asks about local storage. This deals exclusively with shared objects. Make sure that you’re allowing the browser to write to your disk. If you simply want to pass data between swf files, just use the \_level0.whateverVariable. Unless your talking about swf’s in different html pages.