# How to pass flashvars using swfobject

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**Created:** [December 20, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pass-flashvars-using-swfobject/247254 "2007-12-20T02:07:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pass-flashvars-using-swfobject/247254/1 "2007-12-20T02:07:12Z")

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Hi,

I have a flash component calling an external xml file configurable via the component inspector (I mean the location of the xml file).

What I need is to pass the xml location as a flashvar variable from the html code. When I debug my flash, I can see the xml variable as

Variable \_level0.myBook.extXML = “[www.xml](http://www.xml/)”

So, I am trying to add the flashvar to swfobject as

so.addParam(“flashVars”,“extXML=sample.xml”); //any xml what i need

It does not work and does not pass the variable.

Please, help. Very urgently.

Thanks