External .swf loading problem

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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]hi all,[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]i spent the weekend looking through the forum, as well as most other forums on the web and am officially stumped…[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I have a MAIN.SWF file with a button that loads another external .swf into a MC container. that .swf now has several buttons that call yet another external .swf into its MC container. for example:[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]MAIN.SWF
button 1 ===> Loads MOVIE1.SWF into “main_container” MC[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]MOVIE1.SWF has 3 button options that will load the corresponding movie into its own “container” MC (clickme1.swf, clickme2.swf, clickme3.swf).[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]when you open MOVIE1.swf independently, the buttons load and unload perfectly. the problem is that the buttons do not work when you open the main file and drill down to MOVIE1.SWF.[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]right now the 3 buttons share the following code (of course the references are different - clickme1,clickme2,clickme)[/SIZE][/FONT]

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on (release) {
 if (_root.currMovie ==  undefined) {
  _root.currMovie = "clickme1";
   _root.container.loadMovie("clickme1.swf");
 } else if (_root.currMovie !=  "clickme1") {
  if (_root.container._currentframe >=  _root.container.midframe) {
   _root.currMovie = "clickme1";
    _root.container.play();
  }
 }
}

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[/SIZE][/FONT]here are all the corresponding .fla and .swf files:

http://home.comcast.net/~tkagan123/help_tkny_ext_swf.zip

ignore any design or visual anomolies as these are test files since the official info is somewhat confidential.

when you open “movie1.swf” you will see everything work properly… but when you open main.swf and drill down to “test
button 1” and then try to click on the 3 buttons the problem arises.

i am assuming it is a _parent or _root reference but am blanking on the solution since i have tried a bunch of different options.

any help would be appreciated. thanks!

-tkny