Nested flash files in Captivate

I have 3 swf animations in my Captivate file. When I run the
published Captivate file in IE, the animations don't always load
properly - particularly if I fast forward or go backward. I've
spent days trying to figure this one out. When I run the swf file
(that Captivate creates during publishing) in the Flash player, it
works perfect. When I run it in Firefox it works perfect. BUT, when
I run it in IE 6, the problems occur....and its never consistent.
Sometimes they load, sometimes they don't. I'm assuming the problem
is coming from IE 6. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a
fix for this?
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
Bill

Like ive said in this topic, i need to know where Altartifact put his files in his iDisk, too.
Ive tried all that i know, location in the Web folder, site folder, "my website" folder... Link with "../", with .//"... xD
theres is my code, any idea ?
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#v ersion=7,0,19,0" width="611" height="511" title="flash_accueil">
<param name="movie" value="WHEREIS_MY_FILE??" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="WHEREIS_MY_FILE??" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="611" height="511"></embed>
</object>
Maybe there is an error in this... because ive tried to use it with a FTP server, and the ".swf" animation is "not charged"... and its in the main page files folder !
I cant understand... this code was working with iWeb Enhancer... :/

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> When I test the movie in Flash it plays
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