AS2 mc loads 1 external swf from group depending on cookies and .html location

I am attempting to load an external swf banner into an empty movieclip (main.fla for argument), which seems straightforward enough. But the idea is that each .swf (banner) is a link to its own respective html page. I.E. bannerA.swf links to pageA.html etc.
The first problem is that I dont want main.fla to display bannerA.swf on pageA.html since the user will already be on pageA. So I need main.fla to recognize the .html page that the user is currently on (I have to do this in one flash file, otherwise I would make 4 which exclude the banner for its own page– though, if this would greatly reduce headache, I might be able to talk the powers that be into it).
Secondly, I need main.fla to remember which banner (or banners) the user has seen on previous visits to a page so that the banners will rotate with each consecutive visit.
Im guessing this can be implemented with an array and some listeners, but Im no AS2 guru. Any help would be more than appreciated.
Thank You,
Ryan

Oh, I know I am sorry about that! I have been fiddling around
and updating that version... I changed it to be a pop-up after I
posted the question because in the forum for where I purchased the
main layout template, a lot of people had written in saying that
they could not get any gallery features to work with the buttons...
so its something in the main page code, I don't know what.. but I
am a bit eager to get the site up so I reverted to a pop-up for
now...

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If someone could explain it to me, I'd much appreciate it.
Tutorial One code - controlling an external swf from the main timeline.
var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("swfs/balls.swf");
ldr.load(urlReq);
function loadHandler (event:Event) {
var myClip:MovieClip = event.target.content;
addChild(myClip);
function myClipOver(event:MouseEvent):void {
myClip.myBlueBalls.stop();
function myClipOut(event:MouseEvent):void {
myClip.myBlueBalls.play();
// set listeners
myClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, myClipOver);
myClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, myClipOut);
// listener
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadHandler);
Tutorial Two code - loading and unloading multiple external swfs.
var Xpos:Number = 110;
var Ypos:Number = 180;
var swf:MovieClip;
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
var defaultSWF:URLRequest = new URLRequest("swfs/eyesClosed.swf");
loader.load(defaultSWF);
loader.x = Xpos;
loader.y = Ypos;
addChild(loader);
// Btns Universal function
function btnClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
removeChild(loader);
var newSWFRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("swfs/" + event.target.name + ".swf");
loader.load(newSWFRequest);
loader.x = Xpos;
    loader.y = Ypos;
addChild(loader);
// Btn listeners
eyesClosed.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
stingray.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
demon.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
strongman.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);

I will not be able to help you with whatever relaxatraja provided though it is purported by relaxatraja to be clearly explaining what I was explaining (???).
Your loadHandler function appears a bit confused. For the code you show I don't see you assigning any event listeners for the events that will be dispatched in the loaded file. As I showed earlier, your loadHandler function should be assigning a listener for the event that will be dispatched (modified slightly below). and if you have three different events being dispatched in the loaded file, then you'll do better to have three different listeners. I show only one below for one of the events you dispatch...
function loadHandler (event:Event) {
// assign a listener for the loaded file's goExit function's event
   MovieClip(event.currentTarget.content).addEventListener("close", event1Handler);
// I can't make sense of what you have here
    removeChild(myClip); // why ?? - it hasn't been added yet as far as I can see - error 2007?
    var newSWFRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("swfs/" + event.target.name + ".swf"); // the event.target is the Loader
    ldr.load(newSWFRequest); // this will load over the file you just finished loading??
    ldr.x = Xpos;
    ldr.y = Ypos;
    addChild(myClip); // why?? it has nothing in it
function event1Handler(e:Event):void {
    // do whatever is involved with what the "close" event is supposed to do
    trace("goExit function executed");
As far as what you have in the loaded file, you appear to be trying to pass the files names as if they were parameters. The file naming should be done at the receiving side for the event handler function for the event listener. While you could create a custom event that include parameters that you can pass, that's another level of coding that is better left for a future experience.
Study the following - understand it before you try to use it.
Below is a link to some files I made for another posting that demonstrates what I have been explaining. The neurope file is the main file. Publish the netherlands file so that you have an swf to load for it, and then run the neurope file. The file that gets loaded (netherlands) only has a button in it that when clicked dispatches an event for which the main file (neurope) has assigned a listener. The main file displays a message when the button gets clicked in the loaded file.
http://www.nedwebs.com/Flash/neurope.zip

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