[flexcoders] controlling a swf from SWFLoader

[Mario Vieira]

I'm working in a ISP Costumer Service page that allows the users to  
upgrade/downgrade their bandwidth.

I have a swf that is a meter display, and this has a movie clip whose  
timeline changes this meter pointer (like a speddedometer) in  
accordance with the bandwidth value

I kinda got Flex controlling this loaded swf movie clip, but only if  
the user clicks on it. Like an event that catches the movie clip.

but that still doesn't do the job :o

any thoughts would be well appreciated:

<mx:SWFLoader x="235" y="375" source ="@Embed('assets/swf/ 
meter.swf')" id="meter"/>

//it's called when its respective state is reached
private function getMeter():void
{
        meter.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, updateMeter);
}

/*
  it finds the movie clip, and assigns it an object

*/
        
private function updateMeter(e:MouseEvent):void
{       
        //this works, but I needed it to be reachable without a click!
        var swfMovieClicked:Object = e.target;
        swfMovieClicked.gotoAndStop(_meterValue);

	//the loaded swf movie clip is not found through the SWFLoader  
object at all:
        //meter.meter_mc.gotoAndStop(_meterValue);
}