Using Flash 8 swf in Flex2

Is it possible to load a swf created using Flash8 into a
Flex2 app and reference component properties (like a textInput box)
within that swf file? If so, how would I go about doing this. I'm
able to load the swf using <mx:SWFLoader>, but I can't
reference any properties inside that movieclip. Any suggestions
would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
-Nelson

In the traditional sense, "compiled" meant that a program
written in a high-level language was converted entirely into a
computer's "native" language. This is usually some kind of assembly
language whose operations the CPU can execute directly (more or
less). If a program was "interpreted", it meant that the high-level
language was turned into assembly/machine code as it was run.
So in this sense, a program running purely in a VM is
interpreted as far as the hardware is concerned. However, modern
VMs have introduced the idea of "just-in-time" (JIT) compiling
where all or parts of a program's bytecode is compiled into native
machine code before it is executed. Java has had this for a while
and, as far as I know, the folks at Adobe introduced this with
Flash Player 8.5/9. In this sense, it can be said that AS2 was
interpreted while AS3 is compiled. However, I don't know how
"thorough" the JIT compiling is, so it may be half/half for an AS3
program.

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