# Question About Controlling Flash Externally **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [July 2, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-controlling-flash-externally/56312 "2004-07-02T16:06:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Prem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Prem)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-controlling-flash-externally/56312/1 "2004-07-02T16:06:44Z")
I was wondering if there is any way to send data from a link to a currently loaded flash file without reloading the page. I know you can grab external variables from within flash, but can you send them? The reason I’m asking is because I’ve been messing with a Flash mp3 player I made for my website for a while, and it would be infinitely more convenient if I didn’t have to set a movie size. The playlist is stored in an xml file and is loaded via flash. This means if I decide to change the length of my playlist, I have to change the dimensions of my swf. To make a long story even longer, I want to have just the player portion in flash (with all the actionscript and whatnot) but the playlist loaded and displayed outside. Is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-controlling-flash-externally/56312/2 "2004-07-05T00:02:51Z")
Try to find more information about the onData() event. Anything you echo with a “&” in front of a variable, will be loaded into flash. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-controlling-flash-externally/56312/3 "2004-07-07T04:53:32Z")
I figured it out and I’ll post my solution sometime soon.