Going to a loaded frame in a loaded swf

I've been successful to load a external swf using the loader.
Lesson_mc is a movieclip I have on stage that I am loading the
external swf. I have some masking that is there, that is why the
movieclip. myLoader is a Load object. I can find the swf loaded
using the debugger and see the currentLabel and Frame but when I
try to get the information it sends a DisplayObject error. I have a
Menu in the Main Window that controld the navigation. Getting to
the frame on the first click works but trying to go to a frame
within the same sef does not. Any thoughts?
myRequest = new URLRequest("overview09.swf");
myLoader = new Loader();
myLoader.load(myRequest);
addChild(myLoader);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
LessonLoad);
function LessonLoad(evt:Event):void{
trace("Lesson Loaded = ");
Lesson_mc.addChild(myLoader);
}//end function

OTTOMH:
don't you need the INIT event instead of the COMPLETE event?
socalfish wrote:
> I've been successful to load a external swf using the
loader. Lesson_mc is a
> movieclip I have on stage that I am loading the external
swf. I have some
> masking that is there, that is why the movieclip.
myLoader is a Load object. I
> can find the swf loaded using the debugger and see the
currentLabel and Frame
> but when I try to get the information it sends a
DisplayObject error. I have a
> Menu in the Main Window that controld the navigation.
Getting to the frame on
> the first click works but trying to go to a frame within
the same sef does not.
> Any thoughts?
>
> myRequest = new URLRequest("overview09.swf");
> myLoader = new Loader();
> myLoader.load(myRequest);
> addChild(myLoader);
>
>
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
LessonLoad);
> function LessonLoad(evt:Event):void{
> trace("Lesson Loaded = ");
> Lesson_mc.addChild(myLoader);
> }//end function
>
>

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