Mxmlc will compile swfs on a server. It is resource intensive, but certainly possible. Probably much easier to dynamically generate the html that wraps and loads the swf and pass in specific dynamic flashvars.
HaXe will also compile on the server, but is much less resource intensive than mxml ... for what you described, swfmill should also suffice ...
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