Can't receive variables from HTML to Flash in AS3 passed via URL (not Flashvars)

hey all,
can't seem to get AS3 to recognize variables passed via URL
(not Flashvars). i can get vars passed with Flashvars in the
javascript but I don't want to use that method. i'm simply
extending the .swf call with .swf?var=123 in the embed and on the
AS3 side i'm calling loaderInfo.parameters.var
thought this would work but doesn't. what am i doing wrong?
HTML:
<object
classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0"
width="1024" height="768" id="main" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
<param name="movie" value="main.swf?var=123"
/><param name="quality" value="best" /><param
name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <embed
src="main.swf?var=123" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff"
width="1024" height="768" name="main" align="middle"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
/>
</object>
AS:
t = new TextField();
t.text = String(loaderInfo.parameters.var);
thx in adv.
michael

appreciate you were going for brevity, but i think the
answer's going to be hidden either in your complete html code or
your complete AS code. without seeing this i can only keep
guessing.
that said, my latest guess is that you're not passing your
variable within the AC_FL_RunContent function. there are two
properties set in this function - src and movie, which contain your
movie name, to which you can add any parameters you wish to pass.
eg.
'src', 'main?var=123',
'movie', 'main?var=123',
where main is the name of your swf and var the name of the
parameter you wish to pass.
if this function fails - if javascript isn't available in the
browser, for example, or AC_RunActiveContent.js is missing, then
the <object> tag you described is used. (this object tag is
sitting inside a <noscript> tag.)

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