component error in embedded swf

[benthejack]

Ive been getting a horrible error while trying to use a colourpicker in an embedded swf. What I mean is, I have a colourpicker inside a symbol on the stage of my movie, which is fine and works dandy until I try loading that entire swf into another one.

the error i get is:

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
	at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/addChildAt()
	at fl.controls::BaseButton/drawBackground()
	at fl.controls::BaseButton/draw()
	at fl.core::UIComponent/drawNow()
	at fl.controls::ColorPicker/createSwatch()
	at fl.controls::ColorPicker/drawSwatches()
	at fl.controls::ColorPicker/drawPalette()
	at fl.controls::ColorPicker/draw()
	at fl.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher()

My best guess was that it is a stage problem, aka the stage of the movieclip dosn't yet exist as its being loaded up by another swf file and hasnt been added as a child yet. Im not sure if this IS actually the case, but any other ideas as to what the problem could be?

[benthejack]

furthermore I cant even seem to add a colorpicker through code. Again, it works fine when the swf is run as a standalone app, but simply doesn't work when I try to embed it.

Gah.