Adding swf animation to Captivate Slide

Hello Forum Members,
I have a problem. I just used Flash (CS3 Pro) to make a small
animation that moves a few objects
across the stage, and has glow filters, etc. I have also
added eventlisteners for mouse over and mouse out on this swf. The
swf plays fine in standalone mode (in Flash Player, etc). I have an
object that gets created via action script in this swf as well as
objects already on the stage (design time).
I then insert this swf file into a Captivate (3.0) slide -
the animations do not play correctly, my object that gets created
in the swf timeline never appears, and the rollover/out actions do
not play. Am I not understanding the capability of Captivate to
"play" Flash animations? I was hoping to use this flash element in
my Captivate project.
Thanks for a helpful forum,
eholz1

Thanks for your reply!  Here's a better explanation of my end goal.
I want to create a software simulation.  I want my question to look and
function interactively in a limited way just like the piece of software.  I
will then ask them to do a task using this software and mark them correct if
they finish it correctly.
For example, if I was using MS Word I want a master slide that includes the
menu drop downs and hover effects that would match the actual program.  I
could use those over and over and each question just add the content unique
for the question.
Does that make sense?  Can Captivate do that?

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