Interactive PDF not supporting .swf

We are currently producing an digital publication in InDesign CS5 that we would like to export as an interactive PDF. The only way to get this to work, was to export as a Flash .swf, then place that into a new Indesign document, then export THAT as an interactive PDF. Everything works great that way, EXCEPT any objects in the original document that are .swf, do not show up in the final PDF. Is there a work around on this? Basically, a .swf-in a-swf works, swf to PDF works, BUT swf-in a-swf-to-PDF Doesn't work!

There are about fifty buttons that hide/show the various swf objects. So all the buttons would have top be relinked somehow. The swf is a scrolling text window, so we could potentially get rid of it, if we figured out how to do a scrolling text window within InDesign?

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