Scrollable frames inside swipe MSOs

I'm trying to put an scrolling text frame inside of a scrolling box all inside a swipe able mso. The intended effect is that the user pulls a tab up from the bottom of the screen to expose most of the text, and then swipes the text to see the rest.
The effect is fine if the MSO is controlled by buttons, but when swipe between states is turned on, the scrolling text no longer works.
I tried changing the names of the items as suggested in James Lockman's article from a few years ago (http://blogs.adobe.com/jlockman/2012/02/08/nested-overlay-solution-for-dps/#comment-55), but that didn't work.
Any ideas?
Thanks
-Scott

You’ve stumbled upon a limitation. That scroll within a scroll will work but not once you put it into an MSO.
Want to guess how I know this? <g

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