# Window to window to Flash communication

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/window-to-window-to-flash-communication/316346>\
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**Created:** [November 18, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/window-to-window-to-flash-communication/316346 "2010-11-18T22:39:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/window-to-window-to-flash-communication/316346/1 "2010-11-18T22:39:57Z")

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Hi folks.

I have been tasked with the following:

From an external browser window/tab, be able to send data \*\*to \*\* a SWF residing in another browswer window/tab. This could also mean having the external container communicate to the wrapping container which in turn tells the SWF what to do.

I am currently able to use ExternalInterface to communicate between the SWF and the wrapping HTML container, but how does one communicate from a non-wrapping HTML container?

Most of my searches are examples of launching data from the SWF to a popup window which is not what i want.