Reading Querystring into FLASH variable

I can't believe I can't make this work. I've even done this
in the past, but everything I try, fails.
i want FLASH to read the querstring value from the address
bar, apply that value to a variable, and be able to use it. I've
read the articles all over the net about grabbing the QS value in
the page that loads the SWF and sticking it into the embed and
movie tags as well as the ones about using PARAM=FLASHVARS etc.
can't make it work.
I can grab the QS value in the .asp page that loads the SWF,
but I can't for the life of me pass that value into FLASH. Can
someone please give me two things:
1. whats the most effective/efficient way to pass the
variable
2. the syntax for assigning the value to a variable in FLASH
Thanks tons all!

found something new to try, but still no luck...but closer
maybe:
This is the code generated by Dreamweaver when I dump the
FLASH into the page PLUS what I added:
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','wid th','859','height','1250','src','randomItemGallery_v2','quality','high','pluginspage','htt p://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','bgcolor ','#000000','movie','randomItemGallery_v2','FlashVars','galpick','allowScriptAccess','same Domain');
//end AC code
</script>
<noscript>
<object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0"
width="859" height="1250">
<param name="movie" value="randomItemGallery_v2.swf"
/>
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="BGCOLOR" value="#000000" />
<param name="FlashVars"
value="galpick=<%=strGallery%>" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<embed src="randomItemGallery_v2.swf" width="859"
height="1250" quality="high" pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000000"
flashvars="galpick=<%=strGallery%>"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"></embed>
</object>
</noscript>
I added:
'FlashVars','galpick' to the AC_FL_RunContent block
<param name="FlashVars"
value="galpick=<%=strGallery%>" /> to the object block
flashvars="galpick=<%=strGallery%>" to the embed block
<%=strGallery%> is called above all of this to grab the
querystring item I need to pass in. In this case it is g=2. This is
working...when I view the source of the ASP page, the embed and
object blocks of code have the right value for galpick
Then in the FLASH file on frame one:
var galvar:String
var keyStr:String
var paramObj:Object =
LoaderInfo(this.root.loaderInfo).parameters;
for (keyStr in paramObj) {
galvar = String(paramObj[keyStr]);
from what the code tutor said, this should grab the param
passed by flashvar and write it to the variable galvar
Then I put a dynamic text box on stage and gave it an
instance name of galpicker and added this code to the FLASH file:
galpickertxt.text = galvar;
When I load the page on the server, the text box reads
undefined.

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