Standalone FLA or SWF

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I am new to Flash. I
want users to be able to click a link on my website and have that
link open a Flash movie in a separate window in the Flash Player.
However, I have about 50 movies (about 2 minutes each) to load and
I am trying to figure out how to link to each movie by loading only
one swf or fla file. I have noticed in all the Flash info I have
read that Flash publishing produces several files - html, js, fla,
a swf of the movie, and a swf of the player, for each published
movie, and that all of these files must be uploaded in a folder on
the server in order to play.
I am trying to find a way to upload just one file (swf or
fla) so that I don't have to create a new folder for every movie
and don't have to load other files. I can't embed the files because
each movie is about 2 minutes and there's sync issues when it's
embedded.
I have seen many websites that play standalone swf files but
I can't seem to figure out what must be uploaded, and how to
configure that file, to make it play without loading all the
individual files in a folder.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

> Is there a way, once I import (or insert- animation) a
fla or swf file to
> break
> the flash into numerous slides and edit this via
Captivate and not edit in
> Flash?
>
> Captivate seems to only bring in the animation as just 1
slide.
>
Not in Captivate.
If this is a movie file, there is a Full Motion Recording
editor you can
download from Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/fmr_editor.html.
This lets
you edit full motion recordings made in Captivate.
Otherwise, you need to use Flash to edit your Flash files.
Steve
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
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