Publishing Single SWF from Recorded Demonstration

I am having the worst time trying to use multiple SWFs. And I have tried a number of different ways.

Here's the way that is working "best" although it still has many drawbacks.

I created multiple projects. The first project ends on the slide before the 1st animation and the "on exit" command is to "open a new project" which is the swf of the next captivate project. Then the second project starts with the slide with the animation and continues until I run into the next animation...

The "good news" is that the swfs don't load until the new file is open. Thus they start at the beginning where they are supposed to (instead of all at one time.)

The bad news is:

1) It still doesn't pause. This may be overcome with some java script, but it will take me awhile to troubleshoot this one.

2) you can't go back to a previous project... I assume I can make a custom skin, but what a pain! And who knows what other issues that will cause.)

3) I can't find a way to "branch" and go back to a specific slide in another project. So now I am dealing with TONS of captivate and swf files so that I can mimic a branching scenario.

So, if anyone has any ideas on these issues, or any other solutions, please, please, please share your insight before I jump out my 5th story window.

Thanks!

(By the way, I am demoing in Cap 5 for this project, but I think it will still work in Cap 4. I hope so since not all my clients want to upgrade!)

Did you import as Flash movie? Try importing as an Animation instead.

Steve