getGlobal()

Provides access to the global object from the secure.asc file while the file is loading. Use the getGlobal() function to create protected system calls.

Availability

Flash Media Server 2

Details

Flash Media Interactive Server has two script execution modes: secure and normal. In secure mode, only the secure.asc file (if it exists) is loaded and evaluated--no other application scripts are loaded. The getGlobal() and protectObject() functions are available only in secure mode. These functions are very powerful because they provide complete access to the script execution environment and let you create system objects. Once the secure.asc file is loaded, the server switches to normal script execution mode until the application is unloaded.

To prevent inadvertent access to the global object, always hold its reference in a temporary variable (declared by var); do not hold its reference in a member variable or a global variable.

Example

The following code gets a reference to the global object:

var global = getGlobal();