[shorelineoftahoe]

Thank you for answering my question. You were right. I had just tried so many variations without finding the right one that I had given up on the easy answer.

What I needed to do was the following, in case I or anyone else ever needs help with this:

In the XML file, define the path to the images absolutely:

/flash/images/image1
/flash/images/image2

and so on

In the welcome.tpl file I linked to the flash file also absolutely:

/flash/flash_mov.swf

I then copied the xml file into the /customer/ folder.

I think that final step is what I was missing. I was trying to make it all work in the /customer/main folder because that's where welcome.tpl is. But maybe since welcome.tpl is called by home_main.tpl (which is in the customer folder) that is where the file is seeking the xml.

I really appreciated the help!