Exporting to one .swf when including other swf animations

Hi
When exporting my project to flash, three files are created.
I am not using any skins etc, I am just trying to incorporate two
animations (one per slide) and finish with one overall .swf file.
I have managed to do this in two other slides, though! Which
is most frustrating!
So just to reiterate:
When I publish the file, the two animations I am using are
exported again along with the rest of the publication. So I have
the main swf, which calls in the other two .swf animations when
required. I need to have just one file as a result.
Please help!!

Welcome to our community, t1mmie
Are you referring to the supplied animations? (Arrows,
Highlights, etc)
If so, there are a few that refuse to embed. For those, you
need to edit the source files in Flash and export from Flash as
Flash 6 format. Once you get them in Flash 6 format, add them again
and they should embed.
You may download the source files for animations that don't
have the source from the Captivate Exchange.
Click here to
visit the Captivate Exchange.
Cheers... Rick

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Including external swf file with preloader in main swf file

I'm creating a flash 3d website for a company. The idea is
that there is one overall swf file - this holds the navigation and
design. Once the user clicks on a button, it goes to frame 10, I
have included the following script to load a swf file
loadMovie("deepbartesting.swf", maincontent);
this.onEnterFrame=function(){
if(movieClipName._currentframe==5){
movieClipName.stop();
delete this.onEnterFrame;
my problem is that this file is around 3mb. I created a
preloader with it, with the code
onClipEvent (load) {
total = _root.getBytesTotal();
} onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();
percent = int(loaded/total*100);
percen101 = ""+percent+"%";
gotoAndStop(percent);
if (loaded == total) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(2);
the preloader works, but instead of going to frame 2 of that
swf file, it goes to frame 2 of the overall swf that holds the
navigation. Does anyone know how to get around this so that it goes
to frame 2 in the same swf file as the preloader?
Thanks for your help

instead of _root, use this._parent (if your preloader is on
its main timeline).

Exporting to one .swf when including other swf animations

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