Health rollup to computer object from Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationComponent

Hi All.
Trying to author a Management Pack in Authoring Console 2007 R2. And can't get rollup to work as I want.
Here's the long story.
I've created:
A discovery MP witch holds:
- an abstract class inherited from Microsoft.Windows.Computer, named: "AppX.Cmp.Role"
- a (seed?) class inherited from the above, named: "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server"
- a class inherited from "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server" named "App.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator"
- a class inherited from "Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationComponent" named: "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator.Loginstance"
- a class of type "Microsoft.SystemCenter.InstanceGroup" named: "AppX.Group"
- a relationship (system.hosting) where source class is "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator" and target class is "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator.Loginstance"
- a registrydiscovery to discover "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server" targeted at "Windows.Operating.System"
- a scriptdiscovery to discover "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator" targeted at "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server"
- a scriptdiscovery to discover "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator.Loginstance" targeted at "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator"
- a groupdiscovery ("Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator") target: "AppX.Group" (Microsoft.Windows.Computer)
- a dependencymonitor targeted at "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator" and monitor dependency set to "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator.Loginstance", HealthRollup set to "worst state".
A monitoring MP (depending on the discovery MP) witch holds:
- a processmonitor targeted to "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator" and "replicator.exe"
- a logfilemonitor targeted to "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator.Loginstance"
- a stateview targeted to "AppX.Group"
When I kill the "replicator.exe" process the object goes to unhealthy all the way up to "Windows.Computer". But when the logfilemonitor triggers and turns into "unhealthy state" the object in the above view turns RED but not the
"Windows.Computer" object (looking at the default view "Windows Computers").
Is it possible to get the "Windows.Computer" object to reflect the "AppX.Cmp.Role.Server.Replicator.Loginstance" state?
How?

Sorry about that - its been a long weekend.
I was quoting from the following;
"Use the Microsoft.Windows.LocalApplication as
a base class when your class type represents a local application that shares the resources of the hosting Windows computer with other applications. Unlike theMicrosoft.Windows.ComputerRole class,
the Microsoft.Windows.LocalApplication class
type does not automatically roll its health up to the hosting computer."
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee533867.aspx
Would you be able to upload the results if you run the Visio MP diagram generator and possibly the health explorer views and this will help me see how it hangs togther?

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