[F8] Can't get "loadBitmapSmoothed" to work with my custom slideshow

programming flash
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Simple concept, but I must be missing something.

HERE’S THE SETUP:

**1) **I create 2 empty MCs:
var container = s1HLD.createEmptyMovieClip(“HLD1”,2);
var container = s1HLD.createEmptyMovieClip(“HLD0”,1);

**2) **then I use code from: http://www.kaourantin.net/2005/12/dynamically-loading-bitmaps-with.html

for bitmap smoothing b/c Flash 8 developers where payed more than they deserved :sigh: :

[AS]
import flash.display.*;

function loadBitmapSmoothed(url:String, target:MovieClip) {
// Create a movie clip which will contain our
// unsmoothed bitmap
var bmc:MovieClip = target.createEmptyMovieClip(“bmc”,target.getNextHighestDepth());
// Create a listener which will notify us when
// the bitmap loaded successfully
var listener:Object = new Object();

// Track the target
listener.tmc = target;

// If the bitmap loaded successfully we redraw the 
// movie into a BitmapData object and then attach 
// that BitmapData to the target movie clip with 
// the smoothing flag turned on.
listener.onLoadInit = function(mc:MovieClip) {
    mc._visible = false;

    var bitmap:BitmapData = new BitmapData(
        mc._width, 
        mc._height, 
        true);

     this.tmc.attachBitmap(
        bitmap, 
        this.tmc.getNextHighestDepth(),
        "auto", 
        true);

     bitmap.draw(mc);
};

// Do it, load the bitmap now
var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
loader.addListener(listener);
loader.loadClip(url, bmc);

}
[/AS]

**3) **Lastly, I have a simple function that loads the image into the container MC.

[AS]
function firstImage() {
loadBitmapSmoothed(_root.middle[0],container);

}
[/AS]

HERE’S THE PROBLEM:
The function works well if, instead of my target MC being the var “container”, it’s “s1HLD.HLD0.” However (of course), I need to use the var “container” b/c container is truly sometimes s1HLD.HLD[COLOR=Red]0[/COLOR], but other times it’s s1HLD.HLD[COLOR=Red]1[COLOR=Black] (depending on another var). It should work EITHER WAY!!! Right???

I know this can’t be all that difficult, but I haven’t been able to find a workaround.

Any help would be appreciated.[/COLOR][/COLOR]