Page Transition in SWF File

I have created a document in InDesign CS5.5 that I export as a SWF file and use it in my Flex Mobile project for the playbook.
In the Adobe Flash Builder simulator, the page transition works smoothly and there are no issues. However, this is not the case in the playbook, there is a lot of lagging and its very slow to transition from one page to the next.
Is there any resolution to this issue?
I tried using other page transitions but none of them work in my playbook, not sure why. I am trying to get a simple swipe navigation from one page to the next.. need help please!
Thanks in advance

There´s no such feature in InDesign....
If you want to make that happen, you need to do some actionscript coding.
Is this what you want (it takes few seconds to start):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17227987/autopageturn/index.html
If it is, you can download those files as zip-pacakge:
http://www.edocker.com/support/edocker-freebies/
1) Extract ZIP,
2) replace SWFfromID.swf, you may actually export SWF from InDesign directly to that same folder, use that name and overwrite existing file.
3) Then open index.html to your browser.
Pageturning delay is 5 seconds.
If you need more control over your SWF, you may want to check http://www.edocker.com. With it you can add features like zooming, printing etc to your SWF files.....

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I hope to be directing my question into the correct forum's place.
I'm new in flash and I'm trying to make some tests
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Sorry for my not good english but I'm spanish speaker.
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