SOUND problem: attached sounds won't play when MC is loaded into another MC

programming flash
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Hi all,
I’m really at loss here (6 hrs straight and liters of coffee and i cannot indetify the problem) and I would REALLY really appreciate your help-- A LOT sigh

Here’s the scenario:

I’m tying to build my new flash site as modular as possible (learning from past mistakes). Among others, I’m importing a MC containing all menu functions onto the main timeline via loadMovie().

This mcMenu.swf also contains the sound effects for the menu which are being attached via actionscript in the first frame:
[font=Courier New]
[color=SeaGreen][color=Blue]// attach sounds: soundID and linkageID are identical[/color]
function sndAttach(id,vol) {
this.createEmptyMovieClip(id+“Mc”,this.getNextHighestDepth());
this[id] = new Sound(id+“Mc”);
this[id].attachSound(id);
this[id].setVolume(vol);
}
sndAttach(“sndOver”,70);
sndAttach(“sndClick”,20);

[color=Blue]// button behaviors[/color]
menu_button.onRollOver = function() { sndOver.start() }
menu_button.onRelease = function() { sndClick.start() }[/color][/font]

[color=Black]When tested by itself, this .swf runs just fine-- all sounds are being played when the respective button handler is called (no linkage mistakes). So far so good.

NOW comes the problem: When I import this .swf into my main movie via [font=Courier New][color=SeaGreen]loadMovie(mcMenu.swf);[/color][/font] the menu works as it should [/color][color=Black]within the main movie [/color][color=Black]EXCEPT for the menu button sounds! But since the menu-movieclip is a closed module (with all sounds inside and working 100% when tested as standalone), WHY ON EARTH are the sounds gone when this module is imported into another movie?? So much for modules WITH sound?!

Anybody? My brain is fried. :frowning:

Thanks so much for any help!
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