onClipEvent Handler

well i originally had something similar to this within a movie clip with instance of preloader_mc


onClipEvent (load) {	
	// create empty movie clips
	loadMovieNum ("movie_clips/clip.swf", 50);
             trace(this);
}

so i tried this…


preLoader_mc.onLoad = function(){
	// create empty movie clips
	loadMovieNum ("movie_clips/clip.swf", 50);
             trace(this);
}

well i’m assuming it’s not the same because the trace won’t work… am i just missing something? or can you just not do it this way?