Passing variables to Flash CS4

[Garethp]

Ok, so I've looked at many tutorials, but none of them work for some reason. They all say to just append ?varname=varvalue to the end of the .swf, and it would work, but it does not. I've attached the .fla when I go to my browser and type Text.swf?movie=Test it doesn't work properly. If you could please help, that would be awesome. My actionscript is as follows

 

var movie;

//movie = "Hey";

InputThing.text = movie;

 

I put the //movie = "Hey"; in to make sure taht InputThing.text = movie was working, and when I uncommented the code, it did work. Help is majorly appreciated

 

- Gareth

 

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[matthewjumpsoffbuildings]

you need to use flashvars to pass the movie variables...

 

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/164/tn_16417.html

 

in AS2 the variables are accessible in the root scope. in AS3 you need to use the "root.loaderInfo.parameters.myVariableName"