Can Captivate pass variables to Flash?

I have a Captivate 4 quiz embedded in a .FLA (AS2). Can this quiz pass user-defined and/or system variables to the .FLA? If so, can someone give me an example code of how this would work? Let's say I have a user-defined variable in Captivate, varTest with initial value of 0. On the last slide of the quiz I assign varTest a value of 1. How do I pass this variable to Flash and how will Flash listen for this value change? I'm looking for something similar to the following code, but I can't seem to get all of it:
//code that loads movie here; I have this piece working fine.
//code that listens for varTest1 value in Captivate
myListener = function():Void
     var myFlashVar = this.mc_Container.varTest //I load my captivate SWF into mc_Container
     if(myFlashVar == 1)
          trace("myFlash Var = 1")
some listener code here...
Thanks.

samprakash,
You are going into difficult territory.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=464&threadid=1325387
There is no solution other than a custom solution, likely
involving many days and hours of work. If you must do this, you can
begin by analyzing the swf files for variables while in-use (loop
through the Captivate swf mc object).

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