External SWF in InDesign SWF

Hi!
I have been playing around with SWF files exported from InDesign CS5. You can´t write any code there, just use ready-to-use stuff. I just wonder would it be possible to create SWF file with some actionscript in Flash Professional, and place it to InDesign... and use the code there.
I tried to make a button that would take user to frame 3. I used following code in Flash Professional:
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, pageturn);
function pageturn(e){
MovieClip(parent.parent).gotoAndStop(3);
Then I exported that file as button.swf and placed it to six page long InDesign document. I exported it as SWF. When it opens, FP recognizes my button but nothing happens when I click it. Any ideas?

Exactly, there cannot be any code in it. If it did just need a stop, you could stop the loaded swf when the loader is completed. If you need code to run when things are touched in the loaded swf, you could add a listener to the Loader object, and then check what the target name is, and do whatever action needs doing based on what was touched.
You're able to read frame labels and instance names from the loaded swf, so you'll have to find a way to do what you want with that limitation.

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