Flash CS5 custom component

Hello,
I have a problem since I improved my version of Flash (CS3 to CS5). I created a component in which there are several parameters. My problem concerns parameters which are "Number" type. It appears to no longer be managed the same way since CS5. Indeed, if I pass a value greater than 1, the value retrieved in actionscript is 0. It seems that the values of "Number" type for CS5 should be as follows 0 <= x < 1.
Is this a bug? How to pass a value greater than 1 (eg: 800) ?
Thank you in advance.

I would if we could - but we need support for unicode characters. Our primary language is Nepali using the Devanagari script, which is not supported by Classic Text (the written language is all about complex ligatures - often up to five multibyte characters are rendered as one).

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