Published swf is blank

When I preview as a project, everything is fine. But after I
publish it as swf. the slides shows totally blank.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong?
Thanks a lot!

Hi EstherH
In addition to what Steve offered, I would ask if you are
certain you did the following:
If you are viewing the files from a server, did you take care
to copy all the files?
I ask, because it's common for folks to forget copying one of
the critical files. This is especially true if you recently moved
from version 1 of Captivate to version 3. Many folks overlook the
file named
standard.js. If that file isn't present, you will observe a
sqare area where the movie should be and it will be blank.
Cheers... Rick

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