"Dynamic" Default Parameter

How would one tell a Flash Component that has a Parameter,
that is viewable through the Parameters tab, to use a variable that
has been passed through to the swf via the url? For example, my
Flash component has a Default Filename parameter that shows up in
the Parameters tab, but I want to set that to be the value that is
passed in
http://url/myflashfile.swf?filename=myfilname
Many thanks.

Gary,
> Thank you for responding. I'm using AS2. I still have
some
> confusion. In your example the passed in variable is
OrangeJuice.
> But what if on the next user it is HashBrowns?
If the actual name of the external variable changes, then of
course
you'll have to update your ActionScript to look for the new
variable. Does
that make sense?
> I'm looking for a way to drop in the passed in variable,
let's call it
> BreakfastItem, into the components parameter panel. So
in my
> mind I want to be able to put in #breakfastitem# ... in
the
> components parameters tab, and have the Flash
automatically
> populate the parameter with the actual value that is
passed
> in.
Based on what you're typed, it looks like the name of your
variable is
breakfastitem, whose string value might be "orange juice" or
"hash browns"
(or whatever) ... which means you'll put breakfastitem
(without the pound
signs) into your parameters panel -- and that assumes that
the FlashVars
variable (the incoming variable) is named breakfastitem.
If, for some reason, the Parameters panel doesn't agree with
dynamic
data, then give your component an instance name (see the
Parameters panel or
Property inspector) use dot notation, as I showed earlier.
If this still isn't clear, keep asking. :) What you're after
is
certainly doable, and I'm happy to keep rewording my
suggestions until thay
make sense.
David Stiller
Contributor, How to Cheat in Flash CS3
http://tinyurl.com/2cp6na
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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