Export InDesign doc to .fla

I Export an InDesign CC document to an .fla-file.
But when I open the fla into Flash Professional CC I don't see anything.
I see that InDesign CC exports the file to an C6 fla.
Could this be the problem?

There's no way you can export directly to CC fla.
I don't have any problem opening exported .FLAs in CC.
But when I open the fla into Flash Professional CC I don't see anything.
InDesign pages get exported as movie clips and are put on the main timeline sequentially. Exported FLA's have no code and you would need to add ActionScript code to the timeline or document.as file in order to make the pages do anything. So if your first page was blank the first key frame will be blank:

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Although all types of page items have an exportFile method in the object model, it does not seem to be possible to export a group of page items on a given page without exporting the entire
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pageHeight = bnds[2] - bnds[0];
pageWidth = bnds[3] - bnds[1];
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