Load External swf using AS3, HELP!

Load External SWF using AS3
Ok I'm very, very new to this but this is what I wanted to happen

I made a series of individual animations that I now have to flow together. Since the animations are different flash files, I figured maybe I'll create a new Flash file and just load in all the individual swfs to just play continuously. NO mouse click needed. I just need it to play when opened and thats it.


So would a load movie be the way to go? If so I found this code

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.[yourdomain].com/externalSwf.swf");
var loader:Loader = new Loader()
loader.load(request);
addChild(loader);

AND

do external swfs have to be hosted on the web? can i just type out a path? If I can just include a patch what's the syntax for this?

Thanks!!!!