Hi guys, came across this thread as I was searching for something else, and it didn't seem too old so I thought I'd throw in my 2cents. I don't know if this will still be useful at all catfink, but log it away and hopefully it will become useful again.

You can call functions, flash4 style, from javascript. You get to use the TCallFrame( target, frameNumber ) function (alternatively, TCallLabel). It works exactly like the 'call' function of actionscript. Put your code in that frame, and use this code from javascript:

window.document.testfunc.TCallLabel('/','editNames'); //or whatever, of course

Now, I still personally like Stickman's technique, and I've used it before myself. It's a more Flash5-ish, but unfortunately the javascript commands for Flash are antiquated.

Hope this was somewhat useful!