Flash Masks with multiple objects

hey i was wondering if anyone knows whats with flash and
masking an item to multiple graphics within a graphic
IE i have a bunch of squares. they are each individual
graphic objects. there are about 40 of these squares in another
graphic called squareContainer
im trying to mask a bitmap across squareContainer but when i
do it it will only mask against one of the 40 or so squares - how
do i get it to mask against all?
-Carl

I would also like to do this, any ideas?

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I have simplified my script to tell more about the problem.
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With no masking applied: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/screenshot20110914at432.png/
With masking applied: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/233/screenshot20110914at433.png/
As i've seen, this bug doesn't occur everytime mask overlaps.
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797836 wrote:
Guys, am I correct? Please clarify.If it works, it is correct. So try it.
I was more thinking along the line of this though according to what you described in your initial post:
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Type: ROUTE-LOOKUP
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Additional Information:
in 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 WAN
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- Jouni

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