attaching/controlling external .swfs

[mojoNYC]

what i'm looking for is a good way to load/attach and 'control' external .swfs, i.e. loading them into a MC and then applying actions, masking, etc.--can somebody please tell me some good methods for loading external .swfs, either into a MC or something else that does the trick? much obliged...
-mojo

[reverendflash]

you can either load swf's into layers or targets (empty MC), it is up to your preferences. There is a tut on kirupa.com that goes over each of these quite well.

If you have any questions while doing the tutorials, please ask away.

Revhttp://www.aulman.com/rev.gif

[mojoNYC]

thanks rev, that's exactly what i was looking for:)
i think i found a typo though:

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);
loadMovie("external.swf", "container"); //doesn't work
loadMovie("external.swf", container);

in the second line, it wouldn't load when the container was specified as a string, but it worked when i removed the quotes a la the third line...
thanks again,
-mojo