Projector File trouble

Hi
I have about 5 seperate swf files that come into my main when
buttons are clicked, I want to create one projector file that plays
them all, do you know how do i do this?
cheers matt

Are you using videos in your Director project or just
multiple Director movies? I would make sure you have them all in
the same directory.

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