Working with flash params

embed.html

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var flashvars = {
        name: 'bob'
    };

    var params = {
        menu: 'false',
        allowscriptaccess: 'always',
        wmode: 'window'
    };

    var attributes = {
        id: 'example',
        name: 'example'
    };

    swfobject.embedSWF('example.swf', 'example', 100, 100, '9.0.0', false, flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>

getEmbedParam.as

import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.display.LoaderInfo;

/*
* pull a var from the embed and return it, if there is no param matching the name
* return a default value
*/
function getEmbedParam(name:String, defaultValue:String):String
{
    var parameters:Object = LoaderInfo(stage.loaderInfo).parameters;

    if(parameters[name] != null) {
        return parameters[name];
    } else {
        return defaultValue;
    }
}

trace.as

trace(getEmbedParam('name','default name'));