[flexcoders] flashvars issues

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hey all, 
I'm trying to pass the url of a feedreader to a flex object from the
html. To do this i'm using flash vars and am trying to get back the xml. 

It seems to keep dying, any ideas?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
layout="vertical" 
        verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white"
creationComplete="usehttp()">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
                import mx.rpc.http.HTTPService;
                import mx.controls.Alert;
                import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
                import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;
            
            [Bindable]
                public var myXML:XML ;
            
            private function usehttp():void {
                
                var service:HTTPService = new HTTPService;
                                
                service.url = "{getsite()}";
                                
                service.addEventListener("result", httpResult);
                    service.addEventListener("fault", httpFault);
                    
                service.send();
                
                function httpResult(event:ResultEvent):void {
                            var result:Object = event.result;
                            myXML = new XML(result);
                    } 
                    
                    function httpFault(event:FaultEvent):void {
                            var faultstring:String = event.fault.faultDetail;
                            Alert.show("Unable to get site.");
                    }
                    
                    function getsite():String {
                        var item:String =
Application.application.parameters.site;
                        return item;                    
                }
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

        <mx:TextArea id="xmlText" text="{myXML.toXMLString()}" />
 
</mx:Application>

the modifications to the index.html.template were as follows:

} else if (hasRequestedVersion) {
        // if we've detected an acceptable version
        // embed the Flash Content SWF when all tests are passed
        AC_FL_RunContent(
                        "src", "${swf}",
                        "width", "${width}",
                        "height", "${height}",
                        "align", "middle",
                        "id", "${application}",
                        "quality", "high",
                        "bgcolor", "${bgcolor}",
                        "name", "${application}",
                        "FlashVars", "site=http://news.yahoo.com/rss"; // mod 
here,
                        "allowScriptAccess","sameDomain",
                        "type", "application/x-shockwave-flash",
                        "pluginspage", "http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer";
                        
        );
  } else {  // flash is too old or we can't detect the plugin
    var alternateContent = 'Alternate HTML content should be placed
here. '
        + 'This content requires the Adobe Flash Player. '
        + '<a href=http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash/>Get Flash</a>';
    document.write(alternateContent);  // insert non-flash content
  }
// -->
</script>
<noscript>
        <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
                        id="${application}" width="${width}" height="${height}"
                
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab";>
                        <param name="movie" value="${swf}.swf" />
                        <param name="quality" value="high" />
                        <param name="bgcolor" value="${bgcolor}" />
                        <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
                        <param name="flashVars" value="url=woo" />
                        <embed src="${swf}.swf" quality="high" 
bgcolor="${bgcolor}"
                                width="${width}" height="${height}" 
name="${application}"
align="middle"
                                play="true"
                                loop="false"
                                quality="high"
                                allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
                                flashVars="url=woo" //mod here
                                type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
                                
pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer";>
                                
                        </embed>
        </object>
</noscript>
<iframe name="_history" src="history.htm" frameborder="0"
scrolling="no" width="22" height="0"></iframe>
</body>
</html>