Reading from and writing to shared object
Reading the shared object:
var my_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("SomeName");
var trackingDate:Date = my_so.data.theDate
writing to a shared object:
var my_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("SomeName");
var _date = new Date();
my_so.data.theDate = _date;
my_so.flush(10000);
and clearing a shared object (erasing its content)
var my_so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("SomeName");
my_so.clear();