Loaded child movie controlling container parent

hi,
i'm a designer trying to step up my flash skills and have a scripting problem that's causing me trouble.
essentially i have a child swf loaded into a container in a parent swf and want the child to be able to instruct the parent.
to explain in full, the child contains an flv with bespoke video player components. it's container sits in one frame of the parent.
when the flv finishes playing, i need the parent swf to move onto another frame.
as it's a controllable flv, it isnt possible to predict the exact length of time the child will need to be present, so it literally needs to tell the parent it's finished playing at that very point.
it's actionscript 2 for flash 8.
unfortunately my scripting isnt up to this, and i cant seem to find any info to help me out.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance!

thanks, that's one half of the battle!
the remaining problem is i have a controllable flv in the child swf, therefore i can't guarantee the length of time the flv will run as it may be paused etc.
is there some script i can tag on first that recognizes when the flv has ended?
realistically this is a topic in itself, but if you can help it would be appreciated.
thanks.

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groupedADG.dataProvider.refresh();
]]>
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<mx:dataProvider>
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<mx:GroupingField name="name"/>
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<mx:columns>
<mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Name" dataField="name"/>
<mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="City" dataField="city"/>
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</mx:AdvancedDataGrid>
<mx:Button x="10" y="179" label="Open the folder 'Rani'. Then Click this Button" width="305" click="addChildItem()" />
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