Playing Flash SWF in Director 11

I created a simple navigation slide type show in Flash CS3
and tried to use it in a portfolio that I'm creating in Director
11. I imported the Flash SWF into Director and when I go to the
file it plays automatically and keeps looping; my navigation
buttons and actionscript 3.0 that I applied in Flash do not work
(they do work in the SWF file played with Flash Player 9). I assume
that I need a sprite script for my SWF cast member in Director, but
I haven't got a clue as to what to script. I learned Director about
12 yrs. ago, but haven't used it much since then . . . and I've
just learned Flash CS3.
PLEASE HELP . . .
Thanks
weet335

Thanks for the tip, Dan! Now, I've got to ask . . . how
different is AS2 from AS3? I don't know AS3 good enough to convert
it to AS2. Where might I find some help for my AS3 script?
Thanks
weet335

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    When a swf file is inserted into a page, a corresponding Scripts folder is written automatically is stored in the root of the site - it is also linked to in the head of the document. What I believe is happening is that when you apply a template to the page, the Template has no idea that there is a swf file on the page and is not aware of the correct link to the Scripts folder.  If you do a test and add the swf file to the template page itself, I bet that the links to the swf and the scripts folder are correct - because DW knows the correct path to the script file.   Hence the reason the page probably works when you detach it from a template.

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