control movie loaded into dynamically created movie clip

[claudybee]

hi.

i am creating an empty movie clip on the fly (for each new ball in a tennis game), and loading a swf into that movie clip. however, i need to control that swf loaded into that clip and seem to be having trouble doing that. any known issues with this? best practices? thanks so much! sample code:

loading the clip:

_root.createEmptyMovieClip(name+"container", depth);
container_mc = _root[name+"container"];
mc_container.loadMovie(path+file);

i have tried to set the frame (goToAndStop(3)) for both container_mc and mc, and neither works. oddly enough, mc_container.stop() *does* work!! any help would be great!!