[Embed(source="... And dispatching events and trace commands not working

Question

Hi,
I have a main swf that Embeds another swf.  In the embedded (child) swf I have trace commands and it dispatches events. 
I embed the child swf like this:
[Embed(source="../assets/child.swf", symbol="ChildMC")]
public var ChildMC:Class;
var child_mc = new ChildMC();
child_mc.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, childComplete);
addChild(child_mc);
function childComplete(event:Event):void
at the end of the timeline in the child swf I have: dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.COMPLETE));
When I test the main swf, I can see the child swf, but the main swf can't catch any of the dispatched events and I don't get any trace commands from the child swf.
How can I catch events from an embedded swf?
thanks!

Answer 1

I did a quick sample with two fla's.
The first loads in a child swf and then calls a funtion on the main timeline:
var url:String = "loadTestChild.swf";
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loader_complete);
loader.load(urlRequest);
addChild(loader);
function loader_complete(evt:Event):void {
   evt.currentTarget.content.callMeFromParent();
The child swf has this code on the main timeline:
function callMeFromParent ():void {
          trace ("called from parent whoop");
Running the parent, the trace is called.
So with this you should be able to call any function you have in the child from the parent.