User Guide

SharedObject.clear() 737
SharedObject.clear()
Availability
Flash Player 7.
Usage
my_so.clear() : Void
Parameters
None.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; purges all the data from the shared object and deletes the shared object from the disk.
The reference to
my_so is still active, and my_so is now empty.
Example
The following example sets data in the shared object, and then empties all of the data from the
shared object.
var my_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("superfoo");
my_so.data.name = "Hector";
trace("before my_so.clear():");
for (var prop in my_so.data) {
trace("\t"+prop);
}
trace("");
my_so.clear();
trace("after my_so.clear():");
for (var prop in my_so.data) {
trace("\t"+prop);
}
This ActionScript displays the following message in the Output panel:
before my_so.clear():
name
after my_so.clear():