Imported .swf publishes as a relative link. Can it be embedded?

So I have created a small .swf animation in Flash CS3. I
imported into my CP project. When I publish, the .swf is published
as a separate .swf and linked to the CP .swf with a relative link.
This will not work for me. How can I embed the animation into the
CP .swf? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi Ethan Evans-Hilton and welcome to our community
You will probably need to export the Flash using Flash 7 as
the target and ensuring only ActionScript 2 is used. Once you do
this, it should then embed as part of the main Captivate, so long
as you take care to Publish your Captivate using a Flash 7 target.
Cheers... Rick

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