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leatherjeep,

   It all depends on what version of ActionScript you're using.  If you're
using ActinScript 3.0, the passed-in variables (aka FlashVars) are available
in the parameters property of the LoaderInfo instance associated with the
main timeline.

   In other words:

root.loaderInfo.parameters

   http://www.quip.net/blog/2007/flash/how-to-retrieve-flashvars-data-in-actionscript-30

   Prior to  ActionScript 3.0, the pass-in variables are simply scoped to
the main timeline as if having been declared there in frame 1.

   So ... if your component's parameter is baconAndEggs, and the passed-in
variable is orangeJuice, it would look like this in AS3:

myComponent.baconAndEggs = root.loaderInfo.parameters.orangeJuice;

... and like this in AS2:

myComponent.baconAndEggs = orangeJuice;

   Or you could just enter the part after the equals sign into your
parameter's panel.

David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."

David,

Thank you for responding.  I'm using AS2.  I still have some confusion.  In
your example the passed in variable is OrangeJuice.  But what if on the next
user it is HashBrowns?  I'm looking for a way to drop in the passed in
variable, let's call it BreakfastItem, into the components parameter panel.  So
in my mind I want to be able to put in #breakfastitem# (I used the pounds only
because I'm a cold fusion coder) in the components parameters tab, and have the
Flash automatically populate the parameter with the actual value that is passed
in.  Does that make sense?

Many thanks again,

Gary