The following is a cut down version of a quick personal future reference article, which can be found here.

So whats a Shared Object

Flash “Shared Objects” provide facility to store and retrieve information on a clients machine similar in method to conventional to cookies. Example use’s for Shared Object data could include a user’s name, progress and high score.

Creating a Shared Object

Before we can use a shared object, we have to create a reference to it within our Flash movie. To do so, just put this line of code in the first frame of your movie:

save_data = SharedObject.getLocal("user_data");

Writing Data to the Object

Writing data to the object s an easy task.  Take a look at the following example to save a users game progress:

save_data.data.game_level = 2;
save_data.data.game_score = 50;
save_data.data.game_health = 50;

Note that this code must be in the same level where you have created the Shared Object.Each of the lines can be broken down as follows:

“Shared Object” .data. “Reference Name” = value

Reading Data from the Object

To retrieve data from a saved Shared Object is similar to the writing method, just reverse the calls as follows:

var game_level = save_data.data.game_level;
var game_score = save_data.data.game_score;
var game_health = save_data.data.game_health;

So thats it for now. If your taste bud’s have been stimulated and you want more information in greater detail, please take at the full article.