Passing in Values to Flash

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Posted Sep 7, '08 at 3:05pm IqAndreas 164 posts	Another beginner question... Is there any way to pass in values to Flash? For example, say I own a site where the user has to log in to play games. When the page containing the game loads, it passes in a value into the game telling it who is logged in. Then when the game runs, it can for example, load the current user's progress, or display "Welcome, IqAndreas!"

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 8:57pm Captain_J_Sheridan 143 posts	Guess you would need to code together with Java, take a look at Flash Help for the fscommand function, it might be what you're looking for

Posted Sep 8, '08 at 1:25pm LonLonRanch 151 posts	Actually all you need to do is use Flash variables, or FlashVars - That will allow you to take a variable from your database and plug it into the Flash file.

Posted Sep 8, '08 at 1:31pm Captain_J_Sheridan 143 posts	Yeah, I made the other way around, from Flash to page

Posted Sep 12, '08 at 10:04pm dank 777 posts Moderator	You can call a php script and use GET to post the variables and then retrieve them on the next page by calling another php script that retrieves the previous variables.