AttachMovie from a loaded SWF

I'm trying to attach a movie from the library of an SWF I
loaded... from what I've read on on the forums, this is possible,
however I can't seem to get it to work. My setup for the test files
is as follows:
CONTAINER.SWF (parent file)
- creates empty_mc to hold child.swf
- loads child swf into empty_mc
- when child.swf is loaded, it calls:
_root.attachMovie("test_mc","myParentTest_mc",50);
CHILD.SWF (child clip)
(insde is a clip "test_mc" with a linkID to match)
Any help on syntax or what I might be doing wrong would be
appreciated. If this setup won't work, could it work the other way?
(CHILD.SWF attaches a symbol from the CONTAINER.SWF???)

Thank-you for the response, I thought of that... In my
situation, I need to be able to select one of many large files, and
attach assets from it as needed. In order for me to use attach
movie, using shared library assets, they first need to be placed on
the stage before the linkID is properly initialized. If I have to
do this for each "large file" it causes a jump in memory on file
startup. See my other post in the Flash General Discussion:
External
Assets and Memory Jump

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