Have to click on flash movie to activate it

I have a flash movie that when loads on a webpage, does not
respond to mouse clicks until the user has clicked anywhere on the
movie at least once. When you mouseover the flash movie in the
browser, a grey border appears around the movie and a tooltip with
the following test appears "Click to activate and use this control"
Is there a way to avoid the initial click before the user can
navigate using the buttons in the flash movie?
Thank you in advance,
Armo

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Armo_Director_user wrote:
> I have a flash movie that when loads on a webpage, does
not respond to mouse
> clicks until the user has clicked anywhere on the movie
at least once. When you
> mouseover the flash movie in the browser, a grey border
appears around the
> movie and a tooltip with the following test appears
"Click to activate and use
> this control"
>
> Is there a way to avoid the initial click before the
user can navigate using
> the buttons in the flash movie?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Armo
>
>

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