From: danza4ever on
since installing the new flash 8 asset xtra i've noticed that some code
from a director project that contains data exchange between director
and a flash sprite is no longer working. i've found that the
communication from director to flash is working fine, but flash can't
seem to talk back to director. to this point i had been using...

getURL("lingo: lingofunction()");

from within ActionScript to call director functions. i also tried...

ExternalInterface.call("setStream");

without any luck. when i swap out the new flash asset xtras for the
old ones the getURL() works again.

the end delivery is shockwave and i can't stop users from upgrading to
the latest shockwave version (10.1.1.xx) which includes use of the
flash 8 xtra so i need a workaround. any ideas?

From: jblume on
it appears that this was a local restriction only. when uploaded to a
web server it worked fine. if i swapped out the flash 8 asset xtra for
the older one it also worked fine locally.