Exporting from Flash to illustrator FXG issues

Hi there,
I have a series of character designs in Flash built in different symbols, eyes, head, etc. I need to export them to illustrator keeping them vector but when I use the FXG export the file fxg doesn't appear to 'remember' what frame the symbols were referencing and so the image isn't correct...
Any help would be hugley apreciated!
Flash CS5.5 - Illustrator CS5.1
Mac OSX mountain lion (10.8.3)
Cheers,
Garth

Hi All,
Flash Pro CC 2014 (v14.0.0.110) is now available for download via the Creative Cloud App and Adobe website.
We have added SVG Export feature to Flash Pro with this new release. You will now be able to export out vector content from the selected frame as an SVG image that can be opened directly in a Browser and even imported in Adobe Illustrator.
SVG Export option can be accessed via the Publish Settings as well as via File Menu > Export > Export Image option.
Along with this, we have added several new features with this release. Complete list is available at these links:
Overview: https://www.adobe.com/in/products/flash.html
Whats new: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash/using/whats-new.html
Release Notes: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash/release-note/flash-professional-cc-2014.html
Thanks,
Nipun

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Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
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Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000500d98eb
VM Regions Near 0x500d98eb:
Memory tag=240         000000000ebd0000-000000000ec90000 [ 768K] ---/rwx SM=NUL
-->
__TEXT 0000000070000000-0000000070142000 [ 1288K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /System/Library/Components/CoreAudio.component/Contents/MacOS/CoreAudio
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objc_msgSend() selector name: orderOut:
objc[9434]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libobjc.A.dylib                 0x92115d47 objc_msgSend + 23
1   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x00467d96 main + 240950
2   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x0047efda main + 335738
3   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x002feae2 0x1000 + 3136226
4   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x0033a77b 0x1000 + 3381115
5   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x00462718 main + 218808
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8   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98e0ad96 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 246
9   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98e34c68 __CFRunLoopRun + 1112
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98e3447c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98e34328 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120
12 com.apple.HIToolbox             0x9289117f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 318
13 com.apple.HIToolbox             0x928984e7 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 381
14 com.apple.HIToolbox             0x92898356 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
15 com.apple.AppKit                0x98fe8a9c _DPSNextEvent + 678
16 com.apple.AppKit                0x98fe8306 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 113
17 com.apple.AppKit                0x98fe4675 -[NSApplication run] + 911
18 com.apple.AppKit                0x99278261 NSApplicationMain + 1054
19 com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x000032a2 0x1000 + 8866
20 com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x000031c9 0x1000 + 8649
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1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9237ce78 _pthread_cond_wait + 914
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9232482a pthread_cond_wait + 48
3   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x003ff62f 0x1000 + 4187695
4   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x0001a06c 0x1000 + 102508
5   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x003ff70c 0x1000 + 4187916
6   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x003ff73a 0x1000 + 4187962
7   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x003ff847 0x1000 + 4188231
8   libsystem_c.dylib               0x92378ed9 _pthread_start + 335
9   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9237c6de thread_start + 34
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0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x97d3e83e __psynch_cvwait + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9237ce78 _pthread_cond_wait + 914
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3   com.macromedia.Flash Player.app 0x003ff5f8 0x1000 + 4187640
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1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9237ce78 _pthread_cond_wait + 914
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edi: 0x0000036e esi: 0x00aad0e0 ebp: 0xbfffe4f8 esp: 0xbfffe488
ss: 0x00000023 efl: 0x00010202 eip: 0x92115d47   cs: 0x0000001b
ds: 0x00000023   es: 0x00000023   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x0000000f
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