Local connection not communicating button states! Help!

programming flash
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Hey!
I’ve been trying to get my two swfs to talk - Not working.
I want them to react to each other as if they were one swf - ie if a button is highlighted in swf 1 and then a button is selected in swf 2 I want the first button to fade & the new button to highlight. Does that make sense?

Here’s my code - if anyone can see anything obviously wrong please let me know!
Swf 1


var an_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
var toggle:Boolean = true;
an_lc.setState = function(state:Boolean):Void  {
    toggle = !toggle;
    curBtn(toggle);
};
an_lc.connect('connection2');


var lastClicked = null;

function onClick()
{
    an_lc.send('connection', 'setState', toggle);
    lastClicked(!toggle);
    toggle = !toggle;
    if ( this.select = !this.select ) {
        this.gotoAndStop( "released" );
        lastClicked.gotoAndPlay( "out" );
        lastClicked.select = false;
        lastClicked = this;
    } else {
        this.gotoAndPlay( "out" );
        lastClicked = null;
    }
}

function overOut()
{
    this.over = !this.over;
    if (!this.select ) this.gotoAndPlay( ( this.over ) ? "over" : "out" );
}

//////////////////////////////////////////

for (var i=1; i<10; i++)
{
    var curBtn = this[ "b" + i ];
    
    curBtn.over = false;
    curBtn.select = false;
    
    curBtn.onRelease = onClick;
    curBtn.onRollOver = curBtn.onRollOut = curBtn.onReleaseOutside = overOut;
};
function lastClicked(state:Boolean):Void {
    curBtn = state ? "over" : "out";
}

swf 2


var an_lc:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection();
var toggle:Boolean = false;
an_lc.setState = function(state:Boolean):Void  {
    toggle = !toggle;
    curBtn(toggle);
};
an_lc.connect('connection');

var lastClicked = null;

function onClick()
{
    an_lc.send('connection2', 'setState', toggle);
    lastClicked(!toggle);
    toggle = !toggle;
    if ( this.select = !this.select ) {
        this.gotoAndStop( "released" );
        lastClicked.gotoAndPlay( "out" );
        lastClicked.select = false;
        lastClicked = this;
    } else {
        this.gotoAndPlay( "out" );
        lastClicked = null;
    }
}

function overOut()
{
    this.over = !this.over;
    if (!this.select ) this.gotoAndPlay( ( this.over ) ? "over" : "out" );
}

//////////////////////////////////////////

for (var i=1; i<10; i++)
{
    var curBtn = this[ "b" + i ];
    
    curBtn.over = false;
    curBtn.select = false;
    
    curBtn.onRelease = onClick;
    curBtn.onRollOver = curBtn.onRollOut = curBtn.onReleaseOutside = overOut;
};

function lastClicked(state:Boolean):Void {
    curBtn = state ? "over" : "out";
}