_root problem in calling an external .swf

programming flash
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I am trying to place an external .swf into my main movie.

I created a container movie for the .swf in the main .fla:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("mapcontainer",this.getNextHighestDepth );
mapcontainer._x = 163;
mapcontainer._y = 101;
mapcontainer._width = 640;
mapcontainer._height = 480;

I then load my external .swf thus:

mapcontainer.loadMovie("map.swf");

THE BUG:

The .swf doesn’t load and I get this error repeated over and over:

Target not found: Target="_root.tell_but_fleuves" Base="_level0.mapcontainer.tell_but_fleuves"
Target not found: Target="_root.tell_but_villes" Base="_level0.mapcontainer.tell_but_villes"
Target not found: Target="_root.tell_but_aoc" Base="_level0.mapcontainer.tell_but_aoc"

I imagine that the solution lies in readjusting _root for the fact that the external .swf is now placed inside a parent, but I don’t know how to do that.

n.b. my final movie is meant to run offline.

[COLOR=Magenta]I’m an AS newb, so please be patient/thorough if you respond.[/COLOR]

THANKS!