# Passing argument to SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-argument-to-swf/177815>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 5, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-argument-to-swf/177815 "2006-02-05T15:25:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@gotland](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gotland)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-argument-to-swf/177815/1 "2006-02-05T15:25:17Z")

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Is it possible to giva an SWF file argument in a browser.

like this…

file.swf?name=test