# Passing Vars Between external swf

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-vars-between-external-swf/172064>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 10, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-vars-between-external-swf/172064 "2005-12-10T20:26:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![dstort1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@dstort1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dstort1)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-vars-between-external-swf/172064/1 "2005-12-10T20:26:59Z")

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hi,

i’m having a problem passing vars between external swfs

i have 3 files,

main.swf  
load1.swf  
load2.swf

main is loading both load1 and load2 using container.loadMovie();

i want to be able to pass a variable from load1, to load2, but i havent been able to get it to work, can anyone help me? how would i go about doing it etc

thanks in advance!