.swf question

I'm creating an object movie and I can output it as a Quicktime movie (.mov) of Flash movie (.swf). One plays using Quicktime and the other Flash (I thought).
When I try to play the .swf it wants to open up in Photoshop CS ImageReady and tells me ImageReady can open the .swf file. So I'm thinking that I don't have Flash Player on the computer. I download Flash Player 10. But the flash file still will not open, I tried "open with" but there is no Flash Player app that I can choose. I did a search on my computer (OS10.5) and I see a Flash Player plug-in but you can't select it to open the .swf file. I also happen to have Opera on my system and the flash file (.swf) will open and play in Opera. If I didn't happen to have Opera, then it wouldn't play at all.
But why will it not play in Adobe Flash Player? Isn't this the app. that it should play in.
Am I missing something here?

Hmmm, I'm not quite sure what you mean. Here is what I have
currently inside swf A's timeline. Where do I plug in the code you
suggested?
btnEnter.onRollOver = over;
btnEnter.onRollOut = out;
btnEnter.onRelease = function() {
if(current != "bohemianIndHome.swf")
loadFile("bohemianIndHome.swf");
function over():Void {
this.over = true;
this.play();
function out():Void {
this.over = false;
this.play();
}

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