flash actionscript: Hello.

I am trying to get a mask to load with actionscript when I press a button.
I can get the movieclip to load, and I can mask the _root movieclip, but when
I try to use it to mask the movieclip that i want all I get is black fill where
the mask is supposed to be!!

can anyone help?

thanks,
Dave

Code?

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