SWF not playing in PDF

Hello ,
I am using FM11 with Windows 7.
When I import a SWF in to Framemaker, it plays fine.
When I print to PDF, the SWF just appears as an image.
This is true if I Import By Reference or Copy Into Document. The Embeded Adobe Flash files in PDF preference is checked.
Any ideas?

When you're printing to PDF, do you have the "Generate Acrobat Data" option enabled?
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