LoadMovie cutting off top of SWF?

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This is probably an idiotic question for most of you, but I’m less than a Flash newbie & can’t figure out how to make something work that’s probably simple! Here goes:

  1. We’re using “quickie” tools Amara Slide Show Builder and Anim-FX to create splash & slideshow SWF files for our intranet page, since we don’t know Flash. The idea is that we have an intro that appears once in the Flash viewer at the start, then gives way to a rotating set of slides, with next and previous navigation arrows.

  2. We’re using Flash MX 2004 to create a “master” SWF that a. Performs LoadMovie at Frame 1 to load the “splash” SWF, (b). At Frame 170, performs UnloadMovie and Stop to end the “splash” SWF, then performs LoadMovie to load the looping “slideshow” SWF. No other parameters or variables are being used.

Frame 1 - loadMovie(“chaos.swf”, 1);

Frame 170 - unloadMovieNum(1);
stop();
loadMovieNum(“slideshow.swf”,2);

  1. When viewing the slideshow SWF stand-alone, it is perfect. However, when viewing as part of the “master” SWF, the top 30-40 pixels of the slideshow and splash are cut off, with the nav. buttons appearing lower than they should.

  2. The dimensions of the splash SWF, the slideshow SWF, the “master” SWF, and the Flash player are all 600 x 350.

  3. Increasing the dimensions of the SWF does not help - it merely extends the “white space” at the bottom of the movie.

Any ideas on how I can correct this? I can send the clips if need be - Thanks in advance!