DPS - Web Content Overlay. How to implement dragging action in .folio?

Hi there
I am building a huge project, some kind of encyclopaedia with multimedia and interactive content I created using both Tumult Hype and Adobe Edge Animate 1.0. They are perfectly well loaded onto their own respective Web Content Overlay and work almost perfectly.
One of them is a draggable game in which you drag a man towards one side or another just to see how it inclines. I have tried it in many browsers and it simply works perfectly well. But, when I bring it into the inDesign document (into a MSO) I can't drag the man, as the ACV changes the page.
What can I do? Is there any way of avoiding this default behaviour when using these interactive content?
Best regards,
Luis Santa-Maria

Ok, thanks for not answering anyway.
I have managed to get the solution by myself. I just put a e.preventDefault(); function when dragging, and it just worked.
Thanks again to all those who didn't help and knew how to do it.
Best regards

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