Controlling External Captivate 5 swf using flash AS3

Hi,
I have created a basic Flash AS3 interface in which I am trying to control the navigation (next slide / previous slide) of an external captivate 5 swf which I have added using a loader, but i cant work out the solution.
My code is currently as follows:
import flash.net.URLRequest;
var Xpos: Number = 96
var Ypos: Number = 94
var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();
my_loader.load(new URLRequest("content.swf"));
my_loader.x = Xpos;
my_loader.y = Ypos;
addChild(my_loader);
stop();
nextBut.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,gotonextframe);
function gotonextframe(event:MouseEvent){
MovieClip(my_loader.content).rdcmndNextSlide();
Any help would be much appreciated,
thanks
Dez

Thats perfect, thanks for the reply, much appreciated!
I guess you have tried:
rdcmndRewindAndStop
Set to 1 to rewind and stop the project.

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