problem with path - parent? root? level?

I'm having trouble determining a path. I have a movie clip (playSlideshow) that's supposed to control the starting and stopping of a slideshow. It works perfectly when I test it as a standalone, but when I load it onto Level1 of the main movie, it stops working.

The movie clip (playSlideshow) contains two frames:

1st frame:
on (release) {
this.nextFrame();
}
on (release) {
_parent.peelProperty.startAutoPlay(3);
}
2nd frame:
on (release) {
this.prevFrame();
}
on (release) {
_parent.peelProperty.stopAutoPlay();
}

The movie clip lives on the same timeline as the instance (peelProperty) that it's supposed to start and stop. Since it works as a standalone, I'm guessing that "_parent" is the problem - what should it be?

Here it is as a standalone:
http://1144-90403.peelroom.com/1br.swf

Here it is on level1 - click "one bedroom" to load it:
http://1144-90403.peelroom.com/index.html

Thanks,

julia

..maybe a scope issue.. in the first frame of the external movie you are loading, put the following code (before any other actions) :
(when u load an external swf into a moveiclip, then _root corresponds the main movie timeline)

Code:

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this._lockroot = true;

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Thanks, silentweed, but that didn't work.

I added the script you suggested into a blank first frame on the movie that was being loaded onto Level1. When that didn't work, I tried changing _parent to _root - and still, it works fine as a standalone, but not when it gets loaded.

Is there a syntax that will specify that the instance being affected is on Level1?

Julia