max unable to open DAE in standalone

regarding max 6.1.10

hi

i animated a DAE file in a ji p window

max can find and open the file by ( read duck.dae) in a editable patcher.

but build a standalone and max cannot see the DAE file. ( i included the file in the build)

" unable to open file""\\

Manually it is possibl to use (read) by itself but not (read duck.dae)

max can also see fin and open text files and all sorts.. but not DAE files unless manually opeing them with a (read)

is there a good replacement, can i convert my .dae objects to another format?

can you manage to see duck.dae in a standalone using (read duck.dae)

thanks