# Curious about getting external variables into flash

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**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-about-getting-external-variables-into-flash/204520 "2006-10-20T13:53:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-about-getting-external-variables-into-flash/204520/1 "2006-10-20T13:53:19Z")

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I am curious how to pass variables into flash, I didnt want to just cold ask so I tried to do a little research. I just wanted some reinforcement weather these are the only ways

\*\*1 - Getting from query string  
\*\*\*var sVar1:Object = ExternalInterface.call(”getQueryParamValue”, “var1″);

\*\*2 - Passing at time of creation of swf w/ javascript  
\*\*\*\*var so = new SWFObject(”movie.swf”, “flashMovie”, “250″, “150″, “8″, “#FFFFFF”);  
so.addVariable(”var1″, getQueryParamValue(”var1″));  
so.addVariable(”var2″, getQueryParamValue(”var2″));

source: [http://blog.guya.net/2006/07/21/best-way-to-get-address-variables-into-flash/](http://blog.guya.net/2006/07/21/best-way-to-get-address-variables-into-flash/)  
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