Resizing .swf files

Hello,
I recently published two seperate Captivate projects. You can see the work below:
http://extmedia.kaplan.edu/legal/global/images/Legal_Studies1/Legal_Studies1.swf
http://extmedia.kaplan.edu/legal/global/images/LSplaybook3/LSplaybook3.swf
My problem is that one of the files will resize when you drag the browser window, but the other file will not.
Is there a publishing setting somewhere that i missed?
Any help is greatly appreaciated!
Thanks,
Tom

Thank you for your quick response.
I still don't understand why only one of my published projects will resize . I need both projects to resize because they are being featured in a lightbox and I will need them to stay in a defined size.
Click on the links. One can scale, the other cannot.
Thank you,
Tom

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> Hello,
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> I have worked with Flash and Dreamweaver on the side for
a number of
> years.
> We all know that after the recent changes, the way it
handles object and
> embed
> tags has changed to favor Java actionscripts instead.
>
> This code I am about to paste was created using
Dreamweaver 8.02, with
> transitional (x) html. Now mind you, this is not the
prettiest piece of
> code
> you've ever seen. I now am learning to use CSS layouts
instead of
> layers/tables, with php and flash integrated. This one
example is not the
> only
> time I have had this problem however.
>
> I made a silly flash banner (its actually a placeholder
for a better one I
> have to develop) for testing purposes and sizing. It
appears fine in
> Firefox,
> and IE6 in the preview mode via Dreamweaver. When I
upload it all to the
> site,
> the flash banner does not appear.
>
> I have tried copying the FLA and SWF files to the root
folder (the fla,
> swf,
> and html files generated are all present), and tried a
number of
> variations in
> the code and parameters to no avail. The darn thing just
won't appear
> now.
> Similarly older pages I have created that Dreamweaver
now prompts you to
> "fix
> the object tag that may not work in IE7...etc" have the
same issue. If I
> select "go ahead and fix them for me", they are visible
in production, but
> gone
> after uploading.
>
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or parent tag issue
> of
> visibility, I created a blank HTML page and
"insert/media/flash" and stuck
> the
> banner in there, then uploaded it to my server. It
doesn't appear.
>
> I need help. I have been scouring the web for a few days
now to no avail
> and
> have become quite frustrated with what used to be a
really easy
> integration of
> Flash and html.
>
> Here is the top chunk of code from the page in question:
(the page is
> live
> with the missing banner here:
>
http://www.aeonsolutions.net/shirtworks/Shrtwrks_Homepage.html)
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN"
> "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
> <html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1" />
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inkjet printing,
> embroidery, event, club, sport, organization, holiday,
humor,
> clothing</title>
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> type="text/javascript"></script>
> <style type="text/css">
> 
> </style>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> 
> </script>
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type="text/css"
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','MenuText/Apparel_over.jpg','MenuText/Embroidery_over.jpg','MenuText/Custom_ov
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scale="noborder"></embed>
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>
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> Mike
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Andrei1,
Thank you for the helpful advice. I made the changes as you suggested but I am receiving a #1009 error message even though my site is working the way I wan it to work. I would still like to fix the errors so that my site runs and error free. This is the error I am receiving:
"TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference."
I'm sure this is not the best method to unload loaders and I am guessing this is why I am receiving the following error message.
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I also tried creating a function to unload the loader but received the same error message and my portfolio swf was not showing at all.
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---- Here is my updated code ----
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var loader:Loader;
var loader1:Loader;
var loader2:Loader;
var loader3:Loader;
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function resizeHandler(event:Event):void {
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     loader.y = (stage.stageHeight - loader.height) * .5;
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     loader3.y = (stage.stageHeight - 492) * .5 - 140;
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     MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
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     function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
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     loader.load(requester);
     } catch (error:SecurityError) {
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     loader.y = (stage.stageHeight - 500) * .5;
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     loader2.unload();
     loader3.unload();
// remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of gallery.swf
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//INFORMATION BUTTON
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     MovieClip(root).nav.info.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1, false, 0, true);
     function Down1(event:MouseEvent = null):void {
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     MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down, false, 0, true);
     MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
     var requester:URLRequest=new URLRequest("contactLoader.swf");
     loader2 = null;
     loader2 = new Loader();
     loader2.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
     function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
     trace(event);
     try {
     loader2.load(requester);
}      catch (error:SecurityError) {
     trace(error);
     addChild(loader2);
     loader2.x = (stage.stageWidth - 658.65) * .5;
     loader2.y = (stage.stageHeight - 551.45) * .5;
loader.unload();
loader2.unload();
loader3.unload();
     // remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of info.swf
     MovieClip(root).nav.info.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1);
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     MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
     function Down3(event:MouseEvent = null):void {
     //this re-adds the EventListener for portfolio so that end user can view again if they wish.
     MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down, false, 0, true);
     MovieClip(root).nav.info.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1, false, 0, true);
     var requester:URLRequest=new URLRequest("aboutLoader.swf");
     loader3 = null;
     loader3 = new Loader();
     loader3.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
     function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
     trace(event);
     try {
     loader3.load(requester);
}      catch (error:SecurityError) {
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     loader3.x = (stage.stageWidth - 482) * .5 - 260;
     loader3.y = (stage.stageHeight - 492) * .5 - 140;
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     loader2.unload();
     loader3.unload();
     // remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of info.swf
     MovieClip(root).nav.about.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3);
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