Play multiple published files

I had been using Jesse Wardens's excellent Captivate Player ver 1.2 for quite a while to play multiple published files. Now that I upgraded to CP5 the player no longer works - I'm sure because of the action script version change.
Does anyone know of a similar player that will allow the student to basically navigate multiple published .swf files like Jesse's?
Regards,
Kevin

Hi kmarty,
did you try the Captivate own Aggregator file creator.
File > New > Aggregator Project
Add several files and play them.
If you set in the first of the imported files the TOC to overlay, it will be available for all files.
Plus the names in the Aggregator list can be changed and these are shown in the TOC too.
Best
TD

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