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422 Chapter 6: ActionScript Core Classes

If this value is true, the settings and data for a SWF file hosted at here.xyz.com are stored in a

directory called here.xyz.com, the settings and data for a SWF file hosted at there.xyz.com are

stored in a directory called there.xyz.com, and so on. If this value is

false, the settings and data

for SWF files hosted at here.xyz.com, there.xyz.com, and xyz.com are shared, and are all stored in

a directory called xyz.com.

If some of your files set this property to

false and others set it to true, you might find that SWF

files in different subdomains share settings and data. For example, if this property is

false in a

SWF file hosted at here.xyz.com and

true in a SWF file hosted at xyz.com, both files will use the

same settings and data—namely, those in the xyz.com directory. If this isn’t the behavior you

want, ensure that you set this property in each file to correctly represent where you want to store

settings and data.

If you want to change this property from its default value, do so near the beginning of your script.

The property can’t be changed after any activity that requires access to local settings, such as

System.showSettings() or SharedObject.getLocal().

If you use

MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip() to load one SWF file

into another, all of the files share a single value for

System.exactSettings.

Example

The following example shows how to specify superdomain matching rules:

System.exactSettings = false;