Accessing Child Dynamic MovieClips

Dev Environment: Flash 9 Pro
Alright, I have a movie that has one movieclip (imageHolder,
this is defined in the Library and is an empty movieClip used as a
place holder) which is on the stage. I read in and load images to
the flash file, and create them in their own movie clips WITHIN
imageHolder like so:
========================
var nm= imageHolder.createEmptyMovieClip("swfHolder"+i,-(i *
10));
nm.loadMovie(filename);
========================
Obviously this is a code snippet, I am using the LoadVars
object to load these files. Once everything is loaded, it is
displayed on the stage, with a depth in order from first image to
last (first image on top, last image on the bottom). After this, I
have an interval set, to call a function called "selectImage" which
gets a variable called photonum, and changes images to the number
you have passed in. In selectImage, I ensure that the image that is
coming up next is one depth level below the currently displayed
image using swapDepths, and I am constantly incrementing a variable
called "curdepth" which is global, and always assigning that depth
to the currently displayed image to that depth. So, the current
image will be displayed at depth 30, and the next image up will be
displayed at depth 29. Then I fade the current image out using the
tween object, and it works like a charm! To reference these
MovieClips I use the following code:
====================
var cmc:MovieClip = eval("imageHolder.swfHolder" + (curpho +
1));
var nmc:MovieClip = eval("imageHolder.swfHolder" + (nexpho +
1));
// Force current clip to front
cmc.swapDepths(curdep);
// Force next clip to one below front
nmc.swapDepths(curdepth - 1);
====================
and this works perfectly... in flash. Once it's on the page,
or displayed within the standalone movie player, everything goes
south. I assigned the typeof cmc and nmc to a textbox, and i got
"movieclip", in flash and on the page. However, if I store
"cmc.getDepth()" to the textbox, I get "[type function]" in flash,
but, on the page "undefined" It seems anything that is specific to
the MovieClip object, such as getDepth(), or swapDepths() is
undefined when I plug it into the textbox, but, things that are
inherited, such as enabled, _x, or _y are all available for my
perusal and setting.
Does anyone have any idea how to remedy this? I can attach
all my code in a couple of hours if necessary. I have tried not
putting the loaded images into the imageHolder, and I found that
didn't help. I have also tried a combination of adding "_level0."
and "_root." to my cmc and nmc references to no avail. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

Seems it had something to do with my Flash Installation...
Tried it on another computer and everything was fine. What a
pain!

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