Use textFormat from parent swf?

programming flash
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I want to use the same text format for two swfs.

I have already specified the format in main.swf and now I also want to use the same text format in a child swf called about.swf.

I tried

.setTextFormat(_root.holder.myFormat);

but it does not work.

The hierarchy is:

index.swf
main.swf (loaded into a mc called holder from index.swf)
about.swf

What is wrong?