Accessing Variables On External Swfs

programming flash
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hello as3 gurus! i need your help on this one.

well, i loaded an external swf in as3, however, i noticed that i can only access the movieclips, methods and variables inside the Event.COMPLETE event of my loader instance. is there a way which can make me access the elements of my loaded swf directly without going inside of Event.COMPLETE? because i think you can access the elements of the loaded swf if the swf has been loaded completly? any idea? THANKS!!!

btw, here is how i access the elements of my external swf, its inside the Event.COMPLETE.

function completed(e:Event):void
{
var loaderinfo:LoaderInfo = e.target as LoaderInfo;
container.addChild(e.target.content);
var swfGateway:Object = loaderinfo.content;
swfGateway.(the movieclip, property, method i want to access on the loaded swf);
}