setting a global variable from html upon load

[adamr1001]

in my html code, when i call the flash object, how do i set a global variable?

is there a specific place i have to define to variable in flash, or is anywhere okay?

is there a specific method to run to bring in the variable from the html?

thanks...

 

[billwatson]

you need to look at flashvars

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/flashvars.htm

 

[apatterno]

I had a similar problem. The answer lies in the <OBEJCT> and <EMBED> tags...

<OBJECT blah blah blah... >
<PARAM name=&quot;width&quot; value=&quot;640&quot;>
<PARAM name=&quot;height&quot; value=&quot;480&quot;>
<EMBED src=&quot;movie.swf?myVariableName=Charlie&quot;...>
etc...

This will assign a value &quot;Charlie&quot; to _root.myVariableName

Also change the variable in the OBJECT tag