How does Flash intercept and display a database item?

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My .fla has a text field called _root.inspiration <inspiration>

First I don't understand this notation. (see attachment).

How is this passed to the .swf. I'm fairly sure it's coming from the database, but is this handled by the action script? Strictly by the php?

My problem is that it's simply not showing up. It works well enough on another site but I no longer have the .fla file which is current.

Paul