[jQuery] flashembed API not finding ExternalInterface Callback

[pelonpelon]

I know I should just move on, because my old swfobject thisMovie/
makeCall functions work just fine, but I really want the flashembed
API to work. I've wasted a lot of time just to have cleaner, more
efficient code.

function loadPage(content){
                        api = flashembed("content_div", {
                         src:content,
                         id:"content_swf",
                         width:585,
                         height:600,
                         allowscriptaccess:"always",
                         swliveconnect:"true"
        });
}

this works:

document["content_swf"]["xmlFromNet"]

but this does not:

api["xmlFromNet"]        (or api.xmlFromNet)
--------------------------------------------------
alert(api);                                                //[object
HTMLEmbedElement]
alert(api.id);                                            //
content_swf
alert(document["content_swf"]);               //[object
HTMLEmbedElement]
alert(document["content_swf"].id);           //content_swf
alert(api == document["content_swf"]);    //true

api and document["content_swf"] seem to be the same thing but I get
the js error:
"api.xmlFromNet is not a function"

I've tried long timeouts and watched the swf come onto the stage long
before I try to use api. Still no luck.

any clues?