Flash gradient mask problem

Having a bad day everything i do doesn't work today... I am trying to create a gradient mask but because its not on the main timeline also its in a nested swf, just can't get it working, this is what I was using and tried it with _parent.(instanceName) and _root
clip.cacheAsBitmap = true;
mask.cacheAsBitmap = true;
clip.setMask("mask");
Any ideas
Rich

mask shouldn't be in quotes.
if removing the quotes doesn't solve your problem what's the following show:
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mask.cacheAsBitmap = true;
clip.setMask(mask);
trace(clip);
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