Try using a "local shared object" -- the flash equivalent to a cookie.

http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/flashSharedObject/index.html

Can view that link as a good resource for finding more on how to use it.

Hi, I havea swf that i am usin as my header and navigation. When the header
loads it plays a short animation. I would like to use this header on all
subsequernt pages but don't want the intro to play each time. Is thaere a way
that I can set a cookie session and once the cookie is set when a new page
loads with the header it plays from a specific spot in the timeline of the swf
so that it bipasses the intro animation? Otherwisw i have to create 2 headers,
one for the index page and a second one that doesn't play the animation for all
subsequent pages.
thanks
Steve