Masking a movie clip that contains other movie clips

hi,
i am just trying out something in flash but it just doesnt
work.
I have a layer which has a movie clip which contains other
movieclips in itself.
Masking the layer that has the main movie clip causes the
other movieclips in the main one to disappear when running the swf.
Does any one have any idea how to get around this???
thanks

Hi,
Recently, I have been putting together a flash presentation.
And I am just wondering if the following might help you, in your
communication with the said swf file:
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
onComplete);
function onComplete(event:Event):void
event.target.content.thinggy_mc.y -= 100;
Not the best example, but this allows you to target a mc
within an external swf file. I think if you look up this code, you
will have an answer ;)
Kind Regards,
Boxing Boom

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