2 Flash SWFs Communicating in Captivate

Asked this question ithe Captivate forum but had little
movement on it so thought I would try asking folks in the Flash
community...
I have a Captivate slide that I am importing 2 Flash
generated SWFs into, and I would like these two SWFs to communicate
with each other. Essentially the user will interact with one SWF
and feedback will be displayed by the other SWF.
I can't seem to decifer how Captivate addresses imported
SWFs. I thought something like this might work:
_root.importedSWF2name.gotoAndPlay("Success");
...but no luck so far.
Anybody have an idea?
Thanks!
Rory

if you do not need to use Captivate mProjector can let you
create an
app that spawna child window that is can communicate with,
even move
and resize or pass functions to it
look for Parent Child Communication
on this page
http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/flas.html
its a nifty sample
John Pattenden
Screentime Media
Flash Screen Saver, Application and Wallpaper tools
http://www.screentime.com

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