[F8] accessing combobox in child swf?

[CyberFloor]

I am loading a child swf into a Window component. The child swf contains textfield and combobox components. I am creating the window with a call to PopUpManager.createPopUp(...), whidh is in turn called from a menu in a menubar.

For some reason, when the window loads, the other swf file is displayed perfectly, and I can edit text in the textfield components, but I cannot interact with the combobox components (they do not drop down). I suspect this is because the click event that would normally trigger the action of the combobox isn't making it to the child swf.

I have posted the code for the main swf below:

CODE STARTS:

import mx.controls.Menu;
import mx.controls.MenuBar;

var main_mb:MenuBar;

var file_menu:Menu = main_mb.addMenu("File");
var prod_menu:Menu = main_mb.addMenu("Products");

file_menu.addMenuItem({label:"Administative", instanceName:"f_admin"});
file_menu.addMenuItem({label:"Exit", instanceName:"f_exit"});

prod_menu.addMenuItem({label:"Add Products", instanceName:"p_addedit"});
prod_menu.addMenuItem({label:"View Products", instanceName:"p_view"});

function makeWin(hasClose:Boolean, Title:String, conPath:String,
w:Number, h:Number, top:Number, left:Number)
{
//trace("in the makeWin function");
var win = mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp(this,mx.conta iners.Window, false);
win.closeButton = hasClose;
win.title=Title;
win.contentPath=conPath;
win.setSize(w, h);
win.move(left, top);
function click(evt)
{
evt.target.deletePopUp();
}
win.addEventListener("click", click);
}

//listen for menu events -
var mbListener:Object = new Object();
mbListener.change = function(evt_obj:Object)
{
var menuItem_obj:Object = evt_obj.menuItem;
switch (menuItem_obj.attributes.instanceName)
{
case "f_admin":
//trace("admin clicked");
makeWin(true, "Administrative Tools", "", 550, 400, 100, 100);
break;
case "f_exit":
//trace("exit clicked");

break;
case "p_addedit":
//trace("addedit clicked");
makeWin(true, "Add Products", "productadd.swf", 550, 400, 150, 150);
break;
case "p_view":
//trace("view clicked");
makeWin(true, "View Products", "", 550, 400, 200, 200);
break;
}
};

file_menu.addEventListener("change", mbListener);
prod_menu.addEventListener("change", mbListener);

CODE ENDS.

There is currently no code in the child swf, but when I run the child swf, all controls function normally.

Thanks in advance for any help or pointers you can provide.

[CyberFloor]

...sorry about the code formatting, by the way... it didn't take my tabs...