Problem importing Flash .swf animation

When I tried to import a Flash CS4 animation into captivate,
i get a message saying something about "actionscript references
root" and the animation might not play back correctly. When i
publish the captivate project, the animation just loops
continously. Any ways around this?

> When I tried to import a Flash CS4 animation into
captivate, i get a
> message
> saying something about "actionscript references root"
and the animation
> might
> not play back correctly. When i publish the captivate
project, the
> animation
> just loops continously. Any ways around this?
>
Try fixing the FLA doesn't reference root. Also make sure the
Loop option is
not selected in FLA options.
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