The Dynamic Text No Show

hey… i have dynamic text in some external swfs that won’t show up when those swfs are loaded into the main swf. all the other content does. the variables are there but you just can’t see them.

for example i have a text box with a scroll bar, and the scrollbar will scroll, meaning there must be content there, i just can’t see it. i’ve traced the content and it shows up in the output panel too.

it works fine when the externals are viewed on their own, just not when loaded in. any ideas?