Accessing parent variables in externally loaded swf - Help please

I thought I knew how to do this, but maybe someone might be able to see why this is not working...
here's what I have (simplified to only show necessary code):
Main Timeline:
var currentItem:String = 'applesauce';
(then some code to load an external swf)
External swf main timeline:
trace(currentItem);
it returns "undefiend"
i have tried
trace(MovieClip(root).currentItem);
trace(MovieClip(this.parent).currentItem);
each time undefined, any ideas?

movieClip(parent.parent)
supposedly ... didn't work for me ... but it was explained the 1st parent reference is the loader .. the second the maintimeline ..
if your loading it into a MC .. add an additional parent ref ..

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Ok so I have a button in my main movie that loads the external swf
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function processLoadedSWF(evt:Event):void {
    // deal with the loaded swf here
    // but you don't want to be assigning it to the panel2 object that contains the loader
As far as controlling anything inside the swf you load, is it an AS1/2 or an AS3 swf?

How to access properties of symbols in loaded SWF?

I'm making the migration from Flash to Flex, but I'm running
into a dead end on one particular area: accessing and manipulating
properties of symbols in a loaded SWF.
The SWF is actually a simple library of a detailed parts
illustration. I would like to load the entire SWF in position, and
be able to change the attributes (i.e. colors) of individual
symbols (or parts of the illustration). I can load, display and
manipulate each symbol separately, but I need the parts to remain
in place.
The original art was created in Illustrator and exported as
SWF using the symbols palette.
I can always go back to Flash, but I'm forcing myself to move
forward and do this project in Flex (baptism by fire!!).
Is there some sort of dot notation to access the symbols from
within the SWF, without loading them all separately?
Let me put this another way: it appears that I can load an
SWF and then instantiate each symbol in that SWF, and then load
each symbol to the 'stage' (or whatever it's called in Flex)
separately.
I can certainly instantiate each symbol separately, and then
align it on stage, but it seems to me to be bass-ackward to do it
that way, expecially since I created the original SWF with
everything in position.
Is there no way to access the attributes of the individual
symbols within an SWF without separately instantiating them?
I'm just having trouble getting my head around this. Any help
is greatly appreciated.

Okay, I took a look at this info and it's what I was already
doing.
Here's a simplified example of what I'm trying to do, using
the example in the swf9.pdf file.
Let's assume I've created a SWF with a "BlueSquare" movieclip
(in the symbols panel in Flash, exported for AS). In that clip,
there is another symbol called "Star". I import the SWF and
BlueSquare symbols in with the following code:
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
[Embed(source=”../assets/circlesquare.swf”)]
[Bindable]
public var LogoCls:Class;
[Embed(source=”../assets/circlesquare.swf”,
symbol=”BlueSquare”)]
[Bindable]
public var LogoClsBlueSquare:Class;
</mx:Script>
If I instantiate the BlueSquare on stage, it includes the
Star symbol when previewed, but I can't figure out how to get at
the Star symbol to change color. If I apply a color change to the
symbol, it changes the entire BlueSquare symbol.
If I instantiate the Star symbol separately, I can then
position it on the stage and make changes, but that requires
positioning it with actionscript. I'm trying to not have to
position a sub-element of my actual artwork because of it's
complexity.
I'd like to display the main movieclip (or sprite) with the
ability to access the attributes of a sub-movieclip or
sprite.

Using a transition on an externally loaded swf

Hi, I would have no problem doing this the old fashioned way,
but for some client-requested reason it has to be in AS3. Here's
what I have:
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
addChild(myLoader);
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("movie.swf");
myLoader.load(url);
//Fade-in 9 seconds
TransitionManager.start(myLoader, {type:Fade,
direction:Transition.IN, duration:9, easing:Strong.easeOut});
Apparantly, myLoader isn't the instance name of the loded
swf. I have no idea what it is though. Can someone help me? Thanks!

The loaded swf is at loader.content, but you can only access
it once the loading has completed and the loader has been added to
the display list. For example, CODE 1 will not work, but CODE 2
will.
//CODE 1
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
addChild(myLoader);
myLoader.load(new URLRequest("movie.swf"));
var loadedSwf:MovieClip = MovieClip(loader.content); //ERROR
//CODE 2
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
addChild(myLoader);
myLoader.load(new URLRequest("movie.swf"));
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
loadCompleted);
var loadedSwf:MovieClip;
function loadCompleted(ev:Event):void {
loadedSwf = MovieClip(loader.content);
trace(loadedSwf);
PS. I recommend using the Tweener library for tweening in
ActionScript. It is much better than the Adobe functions and there
is a tutorial at:
http://gotoandlearn.com/player.php?id=45

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