Formatting a TOC in Indesign 5.5

Let's see if I can explain this clearly. I am using Indesign 5.5 to generate a book TOC. The format I want is:
Frame 1 (A chapter number that isn't printed) then a tab then Frame 2 then right ident tab for the page number. There is enough room to be all on one line.
Frame 1 is on a non printing layer (from layer 2); Frame 2 is the chapter title (on layer 1). Each frame has a seperate paragraph style. In the toc dialog box I have tried to set both frames as level one with the number coming after frame 2; I have tried them on two different levels with no number after one and the number right indented after frame 2 BUT they always come out the same: frame 2 comes first then on a seperate line is frame 1 (these frames are backward) and the page number prints on a third line.
I am hoping it is just my stupidity.
Help Appreciated.

Thanks for your quick response Peter. It feels like it should be able to be done. It is grabbing the right info but is just putting it on seperate lines and in reverse order.
An example of what I want is:
Hexagram One     Our Creative Essence               33
Hexagram One is the content from a non printing layer, next is the chapter title and then the page number.
What I get is
Our Creative Essence
Hexagram One
33

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