CODEWITHSUNDEEP
actionscript-3flash
J S
J S

Reputation: 3496

AS3: Is there a limit to the number of SharedObjects?

Is there a limit to the NUMBER of SharedObject files a single application can store by default? Is there an overall size limit? All I can find information on is the size limit of an individual file, which defaults to 100kb.

I apologize if this has been asked, I just can't find it!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 263

Answers (1)

Vesper
Vesper

Reputation: 18757

As far as I know, the overall size is only limited by the user's file system for the location of shared data storage, say if the user's Windows's C: drive is only 40GB, and software plus OS takes 35GB, there's only 5GB space left to store various "temporary" files including shared object data. The number of SOs is not limited by Flash/browser engine.

The size limit is not of "individual file" as this can too get pretty high, but for the site where your SWF is located, and is shared among all of the SWFs from that site. This indeed defaults to 100kb per site, and this is harsh, but is remediable by telling the user to allow this site to store more.

Upvotes: 1

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