AS2 speaking to AS3 local connection

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For whatever reason, this doesn’t seem to work:

[COLOR=“DarkOrange”]AS 2 timeline:[/COLOR]

var listener = new LocalConnection();
listener.client=this;

listener.connect(“myConnection2”);

function listenerFunction(){
trace(“should work”);
dummyText.text = “bobby wins the race”;
}

[COLOR=“DarkOrange”]AS 3 timeline:[/COLOR]

var senderConn = new LocalConnection();
senderConn.addEventListener(StatusEvent.STATUS, onSenderStatus);

function onSenderStatus(event:StatusEvent):void {
switch (event.level) {
case “status” :
trace(“LocalConnection.send() succeeded”);
break;
case “error” :
trace(“LocalConnection.send() failed”);
break;
}
}

senderConn.send(“myConnection2”, “listenerFunction”);

I get the “LocalConnection.send() succeeded” trace, but it doesn’t execute the listenerFunction(); in the AS2 code. Any ideas?