Captivate variable assigned from an inserted .swf?

Question

I have this bit of code in my .swf file (published from Flash 4):
root.rdcmndExit = 1;
When I try to publish the .swf I get this error:
"1119: Access of possibly undefined property rdcmndExit through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject."
I get that error for everyvariable I try to set.
Seems like it should be an easy thing to do, but after two days I still can't figure it out. Any help would be much appreciated. 
Here's the complete code of the .swf file: I want to insert in Captivate:
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
import com.adobe.captivate.widgets.*;
import com.adobe.captivate.events.*;
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*
// Create the URLLoader instance to load file
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
// Define the event handlers to listen for success and failure
loader.addEventListener( IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, handleIOError );
loader.addEventListener( HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS, handleHttpStatus );
loader.addEventListener( SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, handleSecurityError );
loader.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, handleComplete );
// Attempt to load the file
loader.load( new URLRequest( "http://www.epic.com/anything.txt" ) );
function handleIOError( event:IOErrorEvent ):void {
  trace( "Load failed: IO error: " + event.text );
  root.rdcmndExit = 1;
function handleHttpStatus( event:HTTPStatusEvent ):void {
  trace( "Load failed: HTTP Status = " + event.status );
  root.rdcmndExit = 1;
function handleSecurityError( event:SecurityErrorEvent ):void {
  trace( "Load failed: Security Error: " + event.text );
  root.rdcmndExit = 1;
function handleComplete( event:Event ):void {
  trace( "The data has successfully loaded" );
  root.rdcmndResume = 1;

Answer 1

I found the answer here:
http://www.cpguru.com/adobe-captivate-5-system-variables/