Accessing instance variables from container

i new flash. programmer, not designer first foray actionscript.

i creating slide show player in flash. retrieves xml file containing other .swf files should played, order in should played, length of time each 1 should show, , text should displayed.

for example:
<presentation>
<globals>
<setting name="use_transitions" value="false"/>
<setting name="use_delays" value="false"/>
</globals>
<slide src="slide5.swf" text="slide 1" delay="10"/>
<slide src="slide3.swf" text="slide 2" delay="10"/>
</presentation>

i have working except loaded .swf file picking on text display.

i can set var: property on dynamic text field _root.dynamic_text , load in variable dynamic_text fine.

however, slide3.swf , slide5.swf file have default text in them should if there no text specified.

it seems variables inside loaded movie not in scope.

i load movie using:

loadmovie(slides[nindex][0], "slidemovie");

however if instance name on dynamic text field "thetext" code not work:
this.slidemovie.thetext.text = dynamic_text;

how dereference dynamic text field?

thanks help.

i have workaround.

set var "dynamic_text"

in actionscript embedded clip put:

var dynamic_text = "default text";
if (_root.dynamic_text)
{
this.dynamic_text = _root.dynamic_text;
}

this not ideal solution. else?

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