Exporting/Using SWC in pure AS3 project

Question

Hi,
I have multiple movieclips, each with 5 image-movieclips inside, which allows me to manipulate which image-movieclip is displayed in an animation. So, if image-mc1.alpha = 0, then image-mc2, next in the 5 layers, which has a default alpha of 1 is displayed. 5 image-mc's, so can use alpha to show whichever is needed.
There are 37 of these image-mc's in the project.
Instead of a FLA based project, I would like to try a pure-AS3 version, maybe compile using Flex/AIR SDK. One way to re-use these complex mc's would be a create a SWC for each (not sure one SWC with all 37 can be created in CS6, or how each would be called in the script?).
When I try this, using one multi-mc/multi-layer mc exported as a SWC and try to reference its internal mc's re: alpha setting, doesn't work.
image1.imagea1.alpha = 0;//image1 is the instantiated version of the SWC's mc done as addChild(image1)
In the FLA version, this script would cause the second mc, imageb1, which has a default alpha of 1, to display. But this is not happening in the AS3 version. Instead, image1.imagea1 still displays, no alpha effect.
Any way to get this to work?

Answer 1

Again, thank you.
I guess what I'm not clear about is how to add/call each in the script. For example, the mc's are p1...p37. (As mentioned, each of these has 5 subordinate mc's inside with images.)
So, if I create all 37 as class P, how would I instantiate each one of the 37 separately?:
var p1:P=new P();
addChild(P.p1);
//and
var p2:P=new P();
addChild(P.p2);
//etc...
var p37:P=new P();
addChild(P.p37);
Then
displayF("p37.imagea1");
I'm not sure how to reference/script these.