Use old C3 swfs in Captivate 5 project - how best to convert?

I'm updating some old elearning content created in Captivate 3 in Captivate 5.
This features some animations which are small 1 or 2 slide C3 swfs.
These don't work in C5 as they are set up in ActionScript 2.
I've tried opening their original .cp files in Captivate 5 and then republishing to make them AS3.
This results in the animation (sometimes) playing when I play the slide in the editing window, but when previewing or
publishing I get a grey blank that does nothing.
Strangely the whole C3 project that contained the swfs comes through relatively unscathed apart from this (well a few invisible buttons and some font changes).
The only workaround I've got at the moment is to open the file in C3, copy the background, then use the background in a new C5 project and fiddle around with mouse positioning etc, which is far from ideal.
Is there a better way of doing this?
(BTW I also have access to C4 if this helps)
Thanks
Lynn

I would try upgrading my Cp3 project files that generate these SWFs first to Cp4 format, and then from Cp4 to Cp5.
Once you have them in Cp5 format your issues should be minimal as far as compatibility goes.

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