How to call method in another swf file

Hi. I am at the moment making a website in Flash 8. The
website consists of a main file with the buttons and then
additional files for each page. Each of the buttons uses code
similar to this:
content.loadMovie("home page.swf");
where content is the movieclip I am using to load the swf
file into. In the main file I have a search box where a user can
type some search terms. I have written some code that will search
through the text field(s) on the page and highlight any words that
appear matching the search terms. The only problem is that I cannot
get to the text fields on the other files. So what I want to be
able to do is attach some code to the search button that will call
a method in another swf file using the parameters that I the user
has specified in the search box. How would I go about doing this?
Any help is much appreciated
JM Young

Place functions in the external swf. Then you can call them
through the container clip
content.yourFunction(args);
Realize however, you cannot call code in an external swf
until the frames with the functions are loaded. Timing would be an
issue if the user can beat the loading clock or if you have code
that is executed automatically after you start the load.
So if timing becomes an issue, use MovieClipLoader and the
onLoadInit method.

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