Passing variables to a swf

Question

I'm trying to create a navigation file that is used to navigate to several applications. Each application is stored as a separate swf on the server. I need to send password data to each of the apps and I'm using the following code connect to each file and to send the password.
            var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
            variables.connectionInfo = connectionPw
            var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://... filename.swf");
            urlRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
            urlRequest.data = variables;
            navigateToURL( urlRequest );
My problem is that I am unable to access the data when I am in the  connected file.I'm using
password=Application.application.variables.connectionInfo
but the variables are not showing up. How should I be doing this?
Thank you!

Answer 1

forty6n2,
I tried to do the same thing, eventually after much searching
I ran across something called flashVars. Essentially, you can pass
values into flex and then do what ever you want with them. I
wrapped my .swf file in an .asp page so that I could pass in the
userID and ip address.
Example:
<object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
id="MiscControls" width="362" height="280"
codebase="
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab">
<param name='flashVars' value='myName=<%=
Response.Write(Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR"))
%>&myIP=<%=
Response.Write(Request.ServerVariables("LOGON_USER")) %>'/>
<param name="movie" value="MiscControls.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#869ca7" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<embed src="MiscControls.swf" quality="high"
bgcolor="#869ca7"
width="362" height="280" name="MiscControls" align="middle"
play="true"
loop="false"
quality="high"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
</embed>
</object>
Good luck!
- Mike