Use GIF with transparent pixels...

Hi,
I imported into my Library a gif with some transparent
pixels.
basically this gif represents a frozen frame and i would like
to see
thru like if user was watching thru frozen window.
however, when i convert it to symbol, the transparent pixels
are turned
to non-transparent.
how can i do to use transparent pizel under CS3/AS3 ?
thanks a lot,
RAF

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