getting Student ID in Flash

So, here's what I'm working with. I need to get the student ID from Lectora X and put it into Flash AS3.

I've tried several things, and here's my code so far:

stop();

import flash.events.*;

//var studentID:String = "ANAME";

var nameContainer:Sprite = new Sprite();

var horizontalPadding:Number = 1;

//Keeps track of the x location the next letter should be at

var currentX:Number = 18;

var currentY:Number = Math.round(Math.random() * 24);

var minLimit:uint = 14;

var maxLimit:uint = 24;

var range:uint = maxLimit - minLimit;

//var studentID:String = ExternalInterface.call("AICC_Student_ID.getValue");

//ExternalInterface.call("AICC_Student_ID.get()");

//var studentID:String = ExternalInterface.call("AICC_Student_ID.get()");

//var flashStudentId;

//flashStudentId = ExternalInterface.call("VarstudentId.getValue");

import flash.external.*;

//var flashStudentId;

//flashStudentId = ExternalInterface.call("VarstudentId.getValue");

//flashStudentId = ExternalInterface.call("flashStudentId.getValue");

//studentID = ExternalInterface.call("VarstudentId.getValue");

//var studentID:String = flashStudentId;

var studentID = ExternalInterface.call("VarstudentId.getValue()");

if (studentID == null)

{

studentID = "idonotknow";

}

/*for (var i:int = 0; i < studentID.length; i++)

{var letterMC:MovieClip = makeLetter(studentID.charAt(i));

//var letterMC:MovieClip = new iA();

letterMC.x = currentX;

letterMC.y = currentY;

currentX += 30;

//nameContainer.addChild(letterMC);

addChild(letterMC);

}*/

for (var i:int = 0; i < studentID.length; i++)

{

var letterMC:MovieClip = makeLetter(studentID.charAt(i));

letterMC.x = currentX;

letterMC.y = Math.round(Math.random() * range) + minLimit;

currentX += 30

;

//nameContainer.addChild(letterMC);

addChild(letterMC);

}

this.addChild(nameContainer);

function makeLetter(letter:String):MovieClip

{

trace(letter);

switch (letter.toLowerCase())

{

case "a" : return new iA();

case "b" : return new iB();

case "c" : return new iC();

...so on and so forth...

case "9" : return new i9();

//When it's a different letter, return an empty MovieClip

default : return new MovieClip();

}

}

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In Lectora, I have an action setting the AICC_Student_ID set into a variable called studentID. Originally, in Flash, my string was called studentID, but I changed it to flashStudentID. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Right now I either keep getting "idontknow" or "object object"[CODE]

stop();

import flash.events.*;

//var studentID:String = "ANAME";

var nameContainer:Sprite = new Sprite();

var horizontalPadding:Number = 1;

//Keeps track of the x location the next letter should be at

var currentX:Number = 18;

var currentY:Number = Math.round(Math.random() * 24);

var minLimit:uint = 14;

var maxLimit:uint = 24;

var range:uint = maxLimit - minLimit;

//var studentID:String = ExternalInterface.call("AICC_Student_ID.getValue");

//ExternalInterface.call("AICC_Student_ID.get()");

//var studentID:String = ExternalInterface.call("AICC_Student_ID.get()");

//var flashStudentId;

//flashStudentId = ExternalInterface.call("VarstudentId.getValue");

import flash.external.*;

//var flashStudentId;

//flashStudentId = ExternalInterface.call("VarstudentId.getValue");

//flashStudentId = ExternalInterface.call("flashStudentId.getValue");

//studentID = ExternalInterface.call("VarstudentId.getValue");

//var studentID:String = flashStudentId;

var studentID = ExternalInterface.call("VarstudentId.getValue()");

if (studentID == null)

{

studentID = "idonotknow";

}

/*for (var i:int = 0; i < studentID.length; i++)

{var letterMC:MovieClip = makeLetter(studentID.charAt(i));

//var letterMC:MovieClip = new iA();

letterMC.x = currentX;

letterMC.y = currentY;

currentX += 30;

//nameContainer.addChild(letterMC);

addChild(letterMC);

}*/

for (var i:int = 0; i < studentID.length; i++)

{

var letterMC:MovieClip = makeLetter(studentID.charAt(i));

letterMC.x = currentX;

letterMC.y = Math.round(Math.random() * range) + minLimit;

currentX += 30

;

//nameContainer.addChild(letterMC);

addChild(letterMC);

}

this.addChild(nameContainer);

function makeLetter(letter:String):MovieClip

{

trace(letter);

switch (letter.toLowerCase())

{

case "a" : return new iA();

case "b" : return new iB();

case "c" : return new iC();

...so on and so forth...

case "9" : return new i9();

//When it's a different letter, return an empty MovieClip

default : return new MovieClip();

}

}

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In Lectora, I have an action setting the AICC_Student_ID set into a variable called studentID. Originally, in Flash, my string was called studentID, but I changed it to flashStudentID. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Right now I either keep getting "idontknow" or "object object"