Can't get my swf animations to loop

I've created a flash animation (because the green arrow
source isn't available) When I create a SWF file from it, and
inport it into Captivate, it shows it looping in the preview
window, but it doesn't loop when I preview the movie. I even added
Actionscript to gotoandplay the first frame without any luck.
Usually it plays one time, sometimes not at all. The behavior of
the standard swfs is that they play constantly.

Hi Jennifer
In order to make your animations loop like the supplied
animations do, you need to insert the animation into a Movie Clip.
Then place the Movie Clip on the main Flash Timeline.
Cheers... Rick

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