Flash Asset Xtra update (10.1.1) : authoring becomes sluggish with Flash buttons

Hi,
I'm using DMX2004 to update an old project (version 10.1)
I wanted to replace old ugly buttons with Flash components
ones, which I
did (I've got around 20 buttons on the scene, all duplicated
from one
castmember). Everything was working fine and speedy, apart
from some
script errors.
Then I discovered there was a Flash 8 Asset Xtra update which
I decided
to install as I was in a quite early button integration
stage.
From then on, authoring became sluggish, Director hangs for
about 30
seconds on each script error.
I did a test from scratch (putting buttons on the scene) and
it seems
having a cast member for each button on stage helps but it
will crawl
anyway with 20 buttons.
Do I need to switch back to old Flash Asset version ? Is
there something
to do ?
Thanks in advance.
PJ

I too get very sluggish behaviour in authoring when I put a
Flash component sprite on stage.Even with a 3.5Ghz machine with 3G
ram!
I also have this issue, posted here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=11&catid=187&threadid =1379636&enterthread=y
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