FileMappingMBS.GetSharedMemoryValue(name as string) as MemoryBlock

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Filemapping and Shared Memory	MBS Util Plugin	18.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Queries value of shared memory object.

Returns copy of the data.
Since data is stored in blocks of page size (usually 4K), the returned size has additional null bytes on the end to round size up.
If you store text there, you may look for the end of your data, e.g. for JSON do a trim(Chr(0)) to remove the null bytes.

Some examples using this method:

• /Util/Shared Memory

FileMappingMBS.HasSharedMemoryValue(name as string) as Boolean

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Filemapping and Shared Memory	MBS Util Plugin	18.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Checks whether shared memory object exists.

FileMappingMBS.SetSharedMemoryValue(name as string, data as MemoryBlock) as Boolean

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Filemapping and Shared Memory	MBS Util Plugin	18.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sets shared memory value.

Persistent object on Mac/Linux till computer restarts or shuts down.
On Windows object is destroyed when last application referring it quits.

Returns true on success.
Size of the data block will be rounded up to page size.

Some examples using this method:

• /Util/Shared Memory