Flash animation in catalyst

Hi,
I am new to catalyst and an amateur in web design, anyway, I am trying to have a simple animation play on my page laid out in catalyst (I put together a simple animation in Flash, it is basically a fade in fade out of a sequence of images).
My swf plays fine but when i run the project through catalyst it gets stuck in the 1st frame.
I did select On Application Start (in Action Sequences) >SWF Asset, to play SWF.
What am I doing wrong/ not doing?
Thanks

graphicmatic,
I have several Catalyst projects with Flash (AS3) animations and they have been working fine without the Application Start command. When you import the SWF the FXP should automatically start your timeline. Maybe the issue is the Application Start command. It seems that command would be used to start an application moreso that an animation. The site I am working on now is havi9ng some issues but I do have the SWF on the Home Theater page working so if you want to see it in action goto:
www.electronic-lifestyle.com
and click on the Home Theater link (that will change soon, when the new homepage comes up just click "Take Virtual Tour" then follow these instructions). At first the image will be static but when the flash file finishes loading (maybe 3 seconds) you will see movement on the screen and some options come up to convert the screen's aspect ratio in the bottom right of the SWF. All this is done with a simple import of the SWF Asset. I did not need to do anything with the animation controls nor use the start application feature.
Good Luck,
Brett

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