Flash movie in IE modal window freezes

Hi,
We have a Flash application, written in AS 2, that presents system simulation to learners. During the process we present "audio popups" using External Interface to call a JavaScript function that ultimately calls window.showModalDialog (It's for a corporate environment that requires IE). The page it opens contains a flash file. When one of these audio popups occurs on the first step of the simulation, the flash in the popup is frozen.
Is anyone aware of a scenario that could cause files in modal windows (or possibly just 2 Flash movies on the same page) to freeze up? The file loads, but doesn't play beyond frame 1 and is unresponsive if there is a button.
I can change the Flash file in the popup and the result is always the same, so it's not the file in the popup.
I've replaced the Flash file on the root page with a simple launch file that only calls the popup and it works fine.
Also replacing the modal window with a window.open seems to work as well, but right now we'd like to continue using the modal.
Possibly worth noting, if the modal window is open for too long, I get a "A script in this movie is causing Adobe Flash Player 10 to run slowly...." notice when I close the popup. Not sure if it's related.
Thanks for any help,
Jeff

Hi kp
Is this Captivate 1 or 2? There are no issues to my knowledge
with either playing the movie in IE7. I use IE7 and see movies just
fine.
My question about version stems from the fact that there are
typically more files to distribute with Captivate 2 than there are
with Captivate 1. However, this can also depend on what you have
selected when you publish. For example, in Captivate 1, you would
have three files to ship if you used the .SWF output with the Full
Screen option. There would be two HTML files and a .SWF.
With Captivate 2, assuming you haven't deviated from the
defaults, you have four files. Two .SWFs, one .HTM and a JavaScript
file.
When you said you see a "black" screen, does this mean the
screen is really black? Or was that a typo and you meant to say it
was "blank" instead. If so, you need to be aware that there is an
additional file you need to include. If you fail to copy the
JavaScript file, the page is blank. I'm thinking this is a strong
possiblity here.
Cheers... Rick

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apply to the button that will initiate or call the MSI or exe
install file.
Anyhelp would be great... even a link to an example... or
anything... thanks
Thanks in advance...

fscommand("exec","myexe.exe");
Should run the program myexe.exe inside a directory called
fscommand
which must be a subdirectory of whereever your projector is
located.
In windows:I know you can run .bat files with fscommand. But
I'm not sure about msi files.
You can often get around the limitations by having a .bat
file that will a) show a cmd window briefly and b) do the thing
that you couldn't do from flash.
If running the msi doesn't work from flash directly you may
want to try using a bat file...
There's some information here.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00001177.html#wp143348

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