Using Lightroom Flash Galleries in Flash Catalyst

Hi there. I love the ability of Lightroom to create brilliant Flash Galleries especially since there are so many plug-ins out there for the Lightroom Web Module.
My questions is, Is there a way to take the exported Flash Gallery from Lightroom, and use it in Flash Catalyst? In Flash Catalyst I have tried to import the .swf file created by Lightroom but when I try to view the Catalyst project, the gallery doesn't work. I have also tried after the fact to move the remaining files exported by Lightroom into the same folder Catalyst places the .swf file, but still to no avail.
Am I doing something wrong here? I'm not a programmer and have limited knowledge of code, but I'm also a quick learner and would very much like some help finding a solution to this.
If you have any advice, it would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Stef

I'm not familiar with Lightroom in particular, but there is a tutorial on using a similar swf gallery here.
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The lightroom files are all in the same location relative to the swf when you move them to your project
If your html page and your Catalyst swf are in different directories, make sure you set the base url
If you're still having trouble, you may want to install the debug player from here:
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