Exposing SWF object's computed value as a returned value to the host

Hi Everyone,
I have an HTML page that host a Flex object (SWF object).
The Flex object execute computational work (i.e, calculating time values in several methods) and I want to a single value return (text or numeric) as a result of this computations to the HTML page where I can assign the returned value to an HTML field.
What I need to do inside my code?
Appreciating your collaborations...
BR,
Yasser

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