Trying to link Captivate SWF in FM and PDF

I am using TCS2.
I created a Captivate video and published it as a SWF file - works well.
In my FM doc, I imported it (File, Import, File) by reference. When I double click on it, it runs in a new window.  Perfect.
Here are the issues:
1. In the FM file, it appears as a black window with a play button not the title page of the SWF. I read in the help manual that that is the first frame will appear blank if the first frame in the Captivate video is blank... but it is not. So not sure what setting I might have wrong.
2. I cannot get the SWF to play once I have published the FM doc as a PDF document.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Adriana

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