Loading External SWF that loads XML

Hey all I have a swf that loads an swf file into that loads pictures from an XML file thanks to Ned Murphy. I have a new problems with it. It works everywhere I try it except on the webserver. When I try it I get nothing. It doesnt seem to load the external SWf file or it may not be loading the XML file. I am not sure why. Has anyone ran into this before ? thanks.
EDIT
It works if I try the SWF from the webserver but when I embed it in an HTML file and run it through a broweser I get nothing.

If the swf is is another folder from the html page that embeds it, you probably need to adjust how you target the files that the swf's load.
When you embed an swf file into a web page, anything the swf loads has to be targeted as if that swf is in the same folder as the html page that holds it. So if the html page uses something like "flash/main.swf" to embed the top level swf, then if the top level file loads another swf from that same flash folder it needs to also use the "flash/other.swf" regardless that it is in the same folder on the server. When it's embedded in the page, it's as good as being wherever that page lives.

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