Macromedia flash media server 2-developing media applications User Manual

Portability across servers

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Remotely persistent shared objects

You create remote shared objects that are persistent only on the server by passing a value of 

true

 for the 

persistence

 parameter in the client-side 

SharedObject.getRemote()

 

command or in the server-side 

SharedObject.get()

 command. These shared objects are 

named with the extension .fso, and are stored on the server in a subdirectory of the 
application that created the shared object. The Flash Media Server creates these directories 
automatically; you don’t have to create a directory for each instance name. 

Remotely and locally persistent shared objects

You create remote shared objects that are persistent on the client and the server by passing a 
local path for the 

persistence

 parameter in your client-side 

SharedObject.getRemote()

 

command. The locally persistent shared object is named with the extension .sor and is stored 
on the client in the specified path. The remotely persistent .fso file is stored on the server in a 
subdirectory of the application that created the shared object.

By specifying a partial path for the location of a locally persistent remote shared object, you 
can let several applications from the same domain access the same shared objects. For more 
information, see 

 in the Client-Side ActionScript Language 

Reference for Flash Media Server 2.

Portability across servers

It is important to consider your development configuration and your production 
configuration when you are developing applications. 

Name application elements using all lowercase text.

  Macromedia recommends that you 

use all lowercase letters and no spaces when you name directories and files used with Flash 
Media Server and its applications. This practice helps to ensure that, during development, 
your applications work if you move files to different computers on different platforms.

 

Use a relative path or an absolute path to connect to the server. 

In your SWF file’s 

NetConnection.connect()

 statement, you can use either a relative path or an absolute path 

to connect to the registered application directory in the Flash Media Server directory. A single 
slash (/) followed by the application name indicates a relative path and lets you move the files 
to a different server without changing the code. Double slashes (//) indicate an absolute path.