Embedding Captivate movies (swfs) into Acrobat 8 3D

I embedded a swf movie (from Captivate 3) into Acrobat 8 3-D,
but it displays as a black rectangle in Acrobat 8 3D, and a blank
white area in Adobe Reader 8. The movie does play, but I'm trying
to figure out why, if I have the poster setting correctly in
Acrobat, I get the black rectangle and not a graphic of the first
slide of the movie. (I originally posted this on the Acrobat User
Community but haven't received a response (
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?pid=3093).
I purchased the Adobe Technical Communications Suite, if that makes
any difference.
Thanks

Hi GinaL
You probably need to edit the settings of your Captivate.
Select a loading screen that indicates your user should click. You
can create your own. All you need is a bitmap image. Once you do
this and republish and reinsert, the loading screen should appear
and indicate you can click.
Cheers... Rick

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