# Passing Parameters into Flash movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-parameters-into-flash-movie/231777>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 7, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-parameters-into-flash-movie/231777 "2007-07-07T23:42:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Louis777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Louis777](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Louis777)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-parameters-into-flash-movie/231777/1 "2007-07-07T23:42:03Z")

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Hello, I need help passing a parameter into a flash movie. I am using Flash CS3 and AS3.

For example:

\<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE=“myflash.swf?para1=hello”\>

How can I retrieve this from within my flash movie?

Thanks,

Louis