Commands from a flash movie to a DW html document

I'm using ajax to load a flash movie when a button is
pressed. the movie loads ok and all, but I need to have a button
within the flash movie to be able to close both the animation and
the layer.
http://amedeldesign.com/interiores2/
I took the idea from those animations that sometimes appear
in yahoo, where you click on a corner for example, and a flash
animation that cover part of the page appears on top of the other
content.
I don't know if what I'm doing is as practical code-wise
either.
So also, if anyones has suggestions to do it in a better way,
please let me. The least I ask is how to send a command fromt he
flash movie that affects the html document.
Thanks!!! Here's what I have so far, Please note thtat the
layer witht he aniomation closes with another html on top of the
flash movie, that's not how I want it...
http://amedeldesign.com/interiores2/

Hi there Katherine,
It sounds like you want to know if there’s a way to share movies between your devices. Take a look at the article linked below which provides a lot of great information about sharing iTunes libraries on your home network with Home Sharing.
Set up Home Sharing on your computer - Apple Support
Take care,
-Jason

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Flash Movie and
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> these
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> come
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