var from html help

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I am trying to capture a var passed from the html to the swf. I have read website after website but still can not get it to work. Are there in common mistakes while trying to do this that I might be overlooking.

/*---AS3 Code Snip---*/
var fromHTML:String = new String;
fromHTML = this.loaderInfo.parameters.textValue
testText.text = fromHTML


<-!-html Code Snip--->
<param name="movie" value="flash/test.swf?textValue=it%20worked" />

Thanks
Richie