# Trouble reading SharedObject from a child movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-reading-sharedobject-from-a-child-movie/284985>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 25, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-reading-sharedobject-from-a-child-movie/284985 "2009-03-25T20:38:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![b433402615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@b433402615](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/b433402615)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-reading-sharedobject-from-a-child-movie/284985/1 "2009-03-25T20:38:26Z")

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I made this CD catalog using Flash CS3/AS3. The main movie uses a sharedobject to tell a child movie what contents to show. Everything is very simple and works fine.

Now I’m trying to convert this project to a online version. The main movie reads its own sharedobject OK. But somehow the child movie seems unable to see this sharedobject, showing sharedobject.size = 0 and all variables = undefined.

Since both main movie and its child are in the same folder, I don’t believe there is any domain violation.

What could possibly be causing this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated.