Problems with Playback in CS5, CS4 (gotoAndPlay command)

I've encountered a really frustrating issue a couple times now throughout the past year, both in CS5 and CS4. I get to a certain point in a project where it just seems Flash does not want to cooperate anymore. It's difficult to even explain what the issue is because it doesn't seem to be triggered by one thing in particular, and often produces different results. It's almost as if the file becomes corrupted.
Here's what will happen:
*I will create symbols and place each one in its own frame on the main timeline, so that I can see them easily. The assets will usually contain animation inside the symbol. When I'm working on a particular symbol, I will put a gotoAndStop command on the first frame of the main timeline, pointing it to the symbol I want to test. So if I'm making a tea kettle, and have placed it on frame 4, I will put a "gotoAndStop(4);" command on the first frame.
*At a certain point, I will start having problems with test movies using this gotoAndStop method, even if I don't change any the scripting. Sometimes it will turn off layers that aren't supposed to be guides. Other times it will show me a blank frame. If I replace the gotoAndStop command with a stop command on the particular frame I want, my project will display correctly.
If it were a relatively small project, I would deal with it and test everything with the Stop command. However, this is a fairly big, complex project, and in my experience, this issue seems to contaminate other files that these assets are copied to.
*I've double checked the scripts inside of the symbol, which are all simple "stop();" or "gotoAndPlay("label");" commands, and there's no error showing up in the Output window.
*The most random things will trigger this problem. Sometimes, it's adding a shape tween to the symbol. Other times, I could turn off the background layer in the main timeline by making it a guide, and all my other layers would show up. But this background layer shouldn't affect anything, as it only has a "stop();" command inside. I was able to fix the problem once by saving the FLA as an Uncompressed Flash Document (xlf). When I opened the new file, it would play back correctly, but eventually, it'd break again.
I was having similar problems in CS4 on another project. In one case, we discovered we could fix the problem temporarily by deleting a single tiny line in one of the symbols. Eventually, it would pop up again, though. Another time, I could fix it by blowing away all the linkage identifiers, but that doesn't seem to be working this time.
It's very odd. Anyone have any ideas?

She didn't export it for CS4. If she had it wouldn't be an INDD file. She needs to export to IDML and you need to realize that this document may not look like it does in CS5.
You do need to upgrade if you want to work successfully with this other designer. Worth noting, in case you don't, is that you cannot upgrade individual components of the suite. Personally, I recommend Design Premium as the best bang for the buck.
Here's why: http://www.theindesignguy.com/purchase-advice.shtml
You find a link a Amazon on that page, which as far as I can tell is the best place to buy with free shipping and for the most part no sales tax.
Bob

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