Webmaster Forum / Flash / Data Integration / May 2008

I'm really, really new to Flash and using Flash 8 Pro.   This is what I'm
trying to do.  I have a list of cars, when someone clicks on a car, they are
taken to a page with details about the car and a flash gallery.  The Flash
Gallery is reads the image files names from an xml file.   I'm really using an
asp file (photos.asp).  Anyway,  I need the pass photos.asp the vin of the car
from flash.  
I did this is the VehicleDetailSaleen.asp screen

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
rsion=7,0,19,0" width="600" height="530">
                          <param name="movie"
value="photogallery.swf?VIN=<%=(Recordset1.Fields.Item("VIN").Value)%>">
                          <param name="quality" value="high">
                          <param name="VIN"
value="<%=(Recordset1.Fields.Item("VIN").Value)%>">
                          <embed
src="photogallery.swf?VIN=<%=(Recordset1.Fields.Item("VIN").Value)%>"
width="600" height="530" quality="high"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
vin="<%=(Recordset1.Fields.Item("VIN").Value)%>"></embed>

I just don't know how to catch it in the flash file and send it back....

#include "scripts.as"
LoadVars;
loadPhotoXML("Photos.asp?VIN="+ this.vin);
mclThumbnails.onEnterFrame=function(){
    thumbnailsRoll()
};

function loadPhotoXML(filename:String):Void {
    photoXML.ignoreWhite = true;
    photoXML.load(filename);
    photoXML.onLoad = function(success:Boolean):Void  {
        if (success) {
            photoNumber = 0;
            rootNode = this.firstChild;
            totalPhotos = rootNode.childNodes.length;
            for (var i = 0; i<totalPhotos*2; i++) {
                if (i<totalPhotos) {
                    thumbnails[i] = rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
                    url[i] = rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
                    titleText[i] = rootNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
                } else {
                    thumbnails[i] =
rootNode.childNodes[i-totalPhotos].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
                    url[i] =
rootNode.childNodes[i-totalPhotos].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
                    titleText[i] =
rootNode.childNodes[i-totalPhotos].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
                }
                thumbnailsLoad(i);
            }
            checkProgressLoad(0);
            caption.text = titleText[0];
        }
    }; .....

Please, I know I don't know anything, but I've been reading forums for 2 days
and everyone seems to have a different  idea but I don't really understand
them.    I just need a simple, do this, then this sort of help.

Thanks,
Heather