Using Flash 8 swfs in Captivate

Does anyone know of a backdoor method of making flash 8 swfs
work when imported into Captivate? We are then publishing the
Captivate movies and integrating them in a Flash 8 interface.
Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
J

Hi J and welcome to our community
There is no way (back door or otherwise) that I'm aware of to
do this. Unless, of course, you mean to use Flash 8 and export the
Flash in a version 6 format.
Hopefully we will see Flash 8 files working just dandy in
Captivate version 2.
Cheers... Rick

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I am using captivate 5 and in that for a project I created some flash animation in flash cs4 and using the swf output file in captivate.
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When I publish the project and try playing the project(exe/html output), those flash swf animations are not playing properly or not at all playing.
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Sorry but we need more information. Your post is similar to walking into a garage and saying your car won't go. It leaves too much to the imagination.
Does it start? Does it go into gear? Does it sputter and die when you press the accelerator pedal? Are the brakes locked up?
So you told us you inserted an FLV and it doesn't play. Where are you expecting to see it play?
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