> trying to get jsp to talk back to a flash (.swf) file
bock,
That just does not compute. JSP and ASP are server side executing code. The flash file is executing in the browser. You can't talk back to client side executing code from server executing code without some sort of a 'connection' technique being used. I am not aware of any Flash support for 'connections'.
If I have misunderstood your question, please clarify.
-pete