Strange problem with LocalConnection

programming flash
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Hello to all! First of all, sorry for my poor English.

I have a strange problem with LocalConnection.

Situation: A sample e-shop. I have a parent .swf who load 3-4 external swf.

In a external swf (let’s name it “X”) u can order items u want.

Because i don’t want to lose the informations of the ‘shopping’ bag of customer when the parent swf unload the ‘X’ and load something another (for example “contact us”), i use localconnection with both duplex between parent swf and ‘X’.

Problem: In the swf “X” i have an array “Bag” which holds the id of items the customer clicked to buy. When change the external swf, i send via localconnection to the parent .swf this array (done, i tried with trace).

And when the parent loads again the external .swf “X” , it send again the same array via localconnection to “X”. The “X” receives it right (done, i verified it with trace).

The strange is… when the customer clicks another item, the array resets to zero!!! :o

What is this?

In the parent swf:

public var _connHome:LocalConnection;    //Sending to "X"
public var _recMain:LocalConnection;    //Receiving from "X"
public var _BagArr:Array = new Array();

_connHome = new localConnection();
 _connHome.addEventListener(StatusEvent.STATUS, statusHandler);                
             
 _recMain = new LocalConnection();    
 _recMain.client = this;
 try 
     {
               _recMain.connect("for_main");
     }
 catch (error:ArgumentError) 
     {
         trace("Can't connect...the connection name is already being used by another SWF");
     }    

public function ForMain(new_text:Array):void 
         {
            _BagArr = new_text;            
         }
(.......)

(function when load the swf "X")
{
_connHome.send("my_bag", "GetKalathi", _BagArr);
}

In the external swf “X”

public var _recHome:LocalConnection;        
public var _connMain:LocalConnection;    
public var _BagArr:Array = new Array()

_recHome = new LocalConnection();
_recHome.client = this;
try 
    {
               _recHome.connect("my_bag");
    }
 catch (error:ArgumentError) 
    {
         trace("Can't connect...the connection name is already being used by another SWF");
    }
(....)
_connMain = new LocalConnection();                                
_connMain.addEventListener(StatusEvent.STATUS, statusHandler);
(.....)

public function GetBag(new_text:Array):void //When load the "X"
         {
            _BagArr = new_text;
            _recHome.close();
         }

And when the customer clicks to buy one new item:

private function GoingBox(e:MouseEvent):void
{
_BagArr.push(e.currentTarget.parent.name);   //name = id of item 
_connMain.send("for_main", "ForMain", _BagArr);    
}

I did debug, and i noticed that when it enter in the last function , the array BagArr reset to 0!! :o

I’m sorry for the big post, I hope somebody can help me.