Passing flash array to flash sprite

Hi,
I am trying to pass a flash array like [{x:1,y:2},{x:1,y:2},{x:3,y:5}] from a flash sprite to Director lingo and back to another flash sprite. In director all looks fine when passing it back to the second sprite but the flash trace command just gives me undefined values. Can't I do this in lingo?
in lingo:
    put " flashAry.length " & flashAry.length
    flashObject.DrawAry(flashAry,"testxy")
Output window:
-- " flashAry.length 23.0000"
in ActionScript
    function DrawAry(points:Array,test){
    trace(">DrawAry " + points + " " + points.length + " >" + test + "<")
Output window:
-- >DrawAry undefined undefined >testxy<

Had a very similar problem and found a solution...
Hope this helps....
-- This GETS an array from Flash to Director
-- 'myFlashArray' is the name of the array in your Flash file
-- 'flaArray' is the new list created in Director
-- And obviously, the flash file is on sprite 1
flaArray = convert(#list, sprite(1).myFlashArray)
put flaArray
-- This SENDS a Director list to flash (as an array)
-- 'zz' is just a temporary variable so the script is easier to read
-- 'dirList' is your Director List
-- 'myNewFlashArray' is the name of the newly created array in your flash file
-- again, the flash file is on sprite 1 in this case
dirList = ["item 1","item 2","item 3"]
zz = convert(#flashObjectArray, dirList).toString()
sprite(1).createVariable(#myNewFlashArray, zz )
NOTE: I'm using an undocumented 'convert' function that is only available in Director 10.1.1 onwards...

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============================================================================
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