Flash SWF won't play in captovate

Hi all,
I've created a simple flash file in Flash CS3 and published
the SWF and HTML. The SWF and HTML both play fine.
Now I want to insert this into a Captivate file. I have tried
two methods:
Insert Animation into a blank slide
Insert an Animation slide
Both appear to work file to the extent that I can see the
animation in the CP file. However, if I do a preview or publish of
the cp file, the animation isn't playing. What have I missed? Both
the original flash file and the CP file are set to 30fps.
Thanks for any advice.
Cheers
Mike

Hi Mike
What exactly does your Flash file do? I've seen reports that
some Flash files don't much like being inside of Captivate and
refuse to work properly. But of those, some were referring to
outside resources and others had some "interesting" interactive
effects going on.
Cheers... Rick

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