Imported AS3 swf animation not looping

I have tried all of the settings in Captivate 5.5 but can't keep my animation looping and not sure why.
I've imported an AS3 swf animation (just a simple movieclip animation of a blinking line) into Captivate 5.5. I placed the animation at the end of the timeline on the slide, and want the blinking line to stay there and continue to blink (i.e., animate) even after the slide has come to the end of the timeline.
I've tried everything I can think of. I assumed that checking the "Loop" setting in Captivate for the animation would do it, but it seems to have no effect.
I am pretty sure what is happening is that the click box on the Cp slide is forcing the animation to pause. In other words, the imported animation's timeline is being forced to pause too. Is there a way to stop this?
Any ideas?

Hi there
Try inserting a Click Box that pauses the slide about half a second before the end of the animation on the Timeline.
Cheers... Rick
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