Flash 8 objects created in Director 10.1.1

Question

OK, I'm pulling out my hair here.
In Director MX2004, with Flash 7 movies, everything was
dandy. I was able to create an object in Director and pass it into
Flash and all was good:
-- In Director
myFlashObj = sprite(1).newObject("Object")
myFlashObj.name = "my name"
myFlashObj.age = "my age"
sprite(1).functionToReceive(myFlashObj)
-- In Flash
function functionToReceive(newObj){
var i:String;
for (i in whichObj) {
trace("whichObj."+i+" = "+whichObj
Trace output:
whichObj.name = my name
whichObj.age = my age
See how simple?
Well, as soon as I upgraded to the (secret, hard to find on
the site) 10.1.1 Director update, this no longer works. The object
is created (Director sees it as an object). Director can set and
get the values. BUT Flash no longer sees it as an object.
I've tried other methods:
- call a Flash function that creates an object and returns it
to Director
- Return a Flash object that already exists using getVariable
No matter what I try, Flash doesn't recognize any of the
properties that I add.
Arrays still work fine. Using the new "convert" method to
convert a list to a flashObjectArray works fine. But no objects.
Any ideas?
I tell you, the 10.1.1 update was meant to fix just a few
things (QuickTime and Flash 8 support), and I've had nothing but
problems with every one of the updates.

Answer 1

So I should have made the project AS2 if I wanted Director
functionality...
I guess I can just make the search feature a separate EXE and
have the SWF presentation open in a separate window.
I know this is a Flash forum question, but maybe you know the
answer Mike:
How can I open an EXE (or an .app file) from the SWF?
Rafael.