Flash Video Not Playing in Captivate Project

I've put in a flv video at the beginning of a Captivate Project. When I press F4 from within the project, it works fine - flash video slide works, transitions into Captivate build, etc. However, when I publish the file as a Flash Project and then try and open the HTML link from within the published folder, I am told that there is a Connection Error. The project proceeds, progresses until the Captivate portion of the project comes up and works fine from there.
Any ideas or suggestions?

Have you copied the FLV file into the same folder as the published SWF? Captivate doesn't do this automatically for you.

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> "Your current security settings prohibit running
> ActiveX controls on this page. As a result the page may
not display
> correctly."
This would only be in local preview, right?
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"DreamWeevil" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have a flash video embedded in my page that plays fine
in FF and IE7,
>however
> when loading the page in IE6 the video is absent (the
"red x" is in its
> place)
> and I receive the message "Your current security
settings prohibit running
> ActiveX controls on this page. As a result the page may
not display
> correctly."
>
> Now, this happens in IE6 only on the default security
settings. I have
> other
> sites that embed flash video and play fine in IE6
without warning...they
> weren't created with Dreamweaver CS3 though.
>
> What is triggering this in IE 6 and can I remove some
code from my page to
> prevent this?
>
> Thanks for any help to what is probably a noobish
question.
>

[Flash video not playing in IE --- Urgent!]

Hi,
I am trying to play the flash video on my website, for some reason, it is not working on IE. I tested it live on firefox and safari in Mac and both worked fine. I am using netConnection code. Can someone help me on this? It is very urgent.
Thanks
Vinotha

> "Your current security settings prohibit running
> ActiveX controls on this page. As a result the page may
not display
> correctly."
This would only be in local preview, right?
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=153
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"DreamWeevil" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:fq34rf$4g5$[email protected]..
>I have a flash video embedded in my page that plays fine
in FF and IE7,
>however
> when loading the page in IE6 the video is absent (the
"red x" is in its
> place)
> and I receive the message "Your current security
settings prohibit running
> ActiveX controls on this page. As a result the page may
not display
> correctly."
>
> Now, this happens in IE6 only on the default security
settings. I have
> other
> sites that embed flash video and play fine in IE6
without warning...they
> weren't created with Dreamweaver CS3 though.
>
> What is triggering this in IE 6 and can I remove some
code from my page to
> prevent this?
>
> Thanks for any help to what is probably a noobish
question.
>

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Placing video and audio on the very first slide of a project is never a good idea. Put them on the second slide at least. With video, you might end up significantly delaying the playback start if it's too heavy.
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'''Create a new Firefox profile'''
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