Movie Clip Nested Inside MC

Hi,
I have a Movie Clip Nested into another Movie Clip, that works fine in Flash and when exported as a SWF. When I import that same SWF into After Effects, and re-export it as another SWF format, the nested movie clip does not work. Any clue?
Thank you

Here's a note from After Effects Help that gives a brief list of limitations of SWF import:
SWF (continuously rasterized)
Note: SWF files are imported with an alpha channel. Audio is not retained. Interactive content and scripted animation are not retained. Animation defined by keyframes in the main, top-level movie is retained.
It's that last sentence that is directly relevant here.
There's more about working with Flash and After Effects here.

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> My problem first appeared very simple, but I have spent
a while on it and can't
> think how to solve it. I must say that I am very much an
amateur in designing
> in Flash and ActionScript.
>
> I created a movie clip containing an embedded video and
a sound clip. In the
> main timeline I inserted the movie clip into a keyframe.
When I found the movie
> clip didn't play, I discovered that the only way of
making it play was to place
> a Stop action in the keyframe of the movie clip, and
also set the whole movie
> to loop. The Stop action stopped the whole movie from
looping, but instead made
> the movie clip loop. If the keyframe is on frame 456,
how do I make it advance
> onto frame 457 once the movie clip has finished running?
>
> I've tried various ways around the problem, including
placing a button inside
> the movie clip to Go to and Play frame 457, but instead
it plays frame 457 in
> the movie clip.
>
> Can anyone help me with this please?
>
>

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