Adding Flash to PDF Portfolio Welcome Page

I have been having trouble adding my flash file to the welcome page in my PDF portfolios. I have hunted through the documentation but I have not found any specific trouble shooting for this issue. The docs say you can add an swf or flv but nothing about formats, settings or configurations that it my or may not accept.
What I have done so far is export a standard .swf formatted for Flash 10 at 600px square and try to place it in the welcome page. When I try and drag it I get the "no" symbol (circle with a line through it) and if I use the choose file dialog it just shows up as nothing. I could really use some help here.
Thanks in advance.
Ben Ross

Problem persists. Does anybody have information on getting flash files to play nice with acrobat? Also having some trouble with the contents on the portfolio not displaying. At all. it ends up looking like an empty 20mb file. any help is welcome.
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