Flash 8 and Ming

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I'm trying to get a "simple as possible" script to work using Ming and
Flash 8 features.  The link below shows how gobbsmacking F8 can be:

http://redhot.pepper.jp/ming_php/textgradient.html

I'd like to load up a jpg within  the AS portion of the Ming script,
but so far, I haven't had any luck. This works when the "ming_useswfversion" is
set to 6, but 7 kills it.   Have I slammed up against a brick wall here?

TIA,

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<?php

dl('php_ming.so');

Ming_setScale(20.0);
ming_useswfversion(7);
$movie = new SWFMovie();
$movie->setRate(25.000000);
$movie->setDimension(550,400);
$movie->setBackground(0xde,0xde,0xde);

#------------------------------------
# Add onClipEvent Actions
#------------------------------------

$strAction= "

createEmptyMovieClip('pic',1);
pic._x=150;
pic._y=100;
pic.loadMovie('yum.jpg');
";

// add the actionscript to frame 1 of the movie and save...

$movie->add(new SWFAction($strAction));

// save movie
$swfname = basename(__FILE__,".php");
$movie->save($outswf="$swfname.swf",9);
// open movie and set version to 8
// (hack until it can be set in ming)
$ftmp=fopen($outswf,"r");
$stmp=fread($ftmp,filesize($outswf));
$ftmp=fopen($outswf,"w");
fwrite($ftmp,substr_replace($stmp,chr(,3,1));
?>

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Okay...just solved this issue.

What I needed to do was to create the image sprite in the Ming portion,
then export it, then attach it in the AS portion.  Trivial problem, really.
(aren't they all??? ) 

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