Im stumped with loading an id number into flash.

Question

I have a flash file (actionscript 2) created that calls an
external text file, and loads it into a scrolling text area.
example: // send and load variables
lv.load("
http://website.com/" + id + ".txt");
the url i want to load looks like this:
http://www.website.com/1.txt
the "1" is the id number. i have multiple id numbers.
example: "2", "3", "4" , etc.
if i direct link it like: lv.load("
http://website.com/1.txt"); it
works perfect.
however, since i have multiple files, i want to determine the
url by the "embed code"
so i have something like
<param name="movie" value="events.swf?id=12" /> and
<embed src="events.swf?id=1" .....
for some reason its not work. I thought I had it right, but
apparently not.
I have been wasting hours on this. Someone please
help.

Answer 1

try the following:
- _root.id instead of just id
- pass the id through with <param name="FlashVars"
value="id=1"> (in addition to what you have already... different
browsers work differently in this case...)
- set a default id in case the id doesn't come through
http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashVars/index.html
Hope that helps.
stephank