# Any way to pass a string to an external program?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 7, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-way-to-pass-a-string-to-an-external-program/299595 "2009-11-07T14:29:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-way-to-pass-a-string-to-an-external-program/299595/1 "2009-11-07T14:29:33Z")

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Hi. Is there a way for flash variables or text to become available to an external program? I have a flash projector and a windows program that I am writing and I need a way for the the windows program to recognize what the flash is doing (But the flash does not need to know what the windows program is doing.) Can anyone point me in the right direction?