AS3 Code Snippet - Detecting multiple instances of SWFs open

Hello,

If you're running a game of some sort, you might only want the user to be able to play the game once at one concurrent time. One way to stop multiple instances of SWF is by creating a `LocalConnection` in the game.

There are lots of ways to do this, however this is just a simple solution.

Here is some pseudo code:

var connection:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
connection.connect("connectionName");

connection.send("connectionName", "instanceRunning");

function instanceRunning(){
     connection.send("connectionName", "alreadyRunning");
}

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