Unable to load external images in flash

Hi,
I am a beginner in flash programming. I am trying to write a small flash app which will load and display images provided as a query.
My flash app works fine when I provide the image path directly in the browser address bar, but it is not working when I do the same using html.
Here is the direct link to the flash app:http://srbose.freelinuxhost.co.cc/test/lesson2.swf?photo=http://www.flash-mx.com/images/im age1.jpg
Here is the link to the html with which I am trying to invoke the app.
http://srbose.freelinuxhost.co.cc/test/lesson2.html
The Html code is attached with the post.
I know my app is getting invoked and it appears to work fine when I hardcode the image url into the flash app. But the query method just does not seem to be working!!
This is hosted on a linux site supporting php.
I have really hit a stone wall here as far as debugging this goes. Any help will be really welcome. Thanks in advance, srb.

I got my answer. I had to append the photo url to the 'movie' value of the javascript embed method. Like this:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
   AC_FL_RunContent(
      'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0',
      'width', '550',
      'height', '400',
      'src', 'lesson2',
      'quality', 'high',
      'pluginspage', 'http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer',
      'align', 'middle',
      'play', 'true',
      'loop', 'true',
      'scale', 'showall',
      'wmode', 'window',
      'devicefont', 'false',
      'id', 'lesson2',
      'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
      'name', 'lesson2',
      'menu', 'true',
      'allowFullScreen', 'false',
      'allowScriptAccess','always',
      'movie', 'lesson2?photo=http://www.flash-mx.com/images/image1.jpg',
      'salign', ''
      ); //end AC code
</script>
Thanks,
srb.

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