Converting timeline animations into .swf??

Hello all,
In CS3 I was able to export animations into .SWF files but with CS6 I cant seem to find out how to do this?  The only option is .MP4 via File>Export>Render Video but thats no good to me.  I've searched high and low for this answer but have come up with nothing!
Any suggestions?  It needs to be SWF.  I've tried to convert MP4 into SWF using a 3rd party software but the quality was shocking and I'm unsure what settings to use for the original animation and also for the converting!  Doing it with CS6 is much prefered if possible!
Thanks in advance

To my knowledge, you cannot do this in Photoshop CS6. Check out this help document, Creating Timeline Animation (Photoshop Extended).
Do you have Flash or After Effects?
Cheers,
Michael

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