http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/20beta1/docs/00001300.html
covers this topic However, although it works if you pass the URL as a .swf, if you try .html (which is presumably what you want) then it fails Hope someone can explain how to do this in Flex 2.0 as it would be a great feature Andy Clark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Flex 2, the Application instance has a parameters property with > name/value pairs for the URL parameters and FlashVars. > > > > So in an Application script you would just access parameters.number and > it would be 3. > > > > From other scripts, you would use > Application.application.parameters.number. > > > > - Gordon > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of JesterXL > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:55 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex and URL variables > > > > Flex 1.5 or 2? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jonathan Miranda <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:49 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] Flex and URL variables > > > > Alright, I've done this with Flash before but I'm wondering how similar > it is. > > Let's say I start my app @ http://mysite.com/index.mxml?number=3 > > What's the easiest way to get that 3 into a variable in Flex? 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