Mute Bug in Captivate Playbar Widget Templates

I believe that I have found a bug that is persistent throughout all of the Captivate 5 playbar widgets (i.e MountainBluePlayBar.swf, PlayBar.swf, etc..).
Description:
When using any custom playbar widget in Captivate, the "mute" icon changes erratically on slides regardless of whether or not the sound is muted when moving forward or backwards through the course.
Steps to recreate:
I wanted to create a custom playbar for my organization using flash AS3.  I began by modifying the source of an existing playbar in the following folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\Gallery\Widgets\Source.  The only changes that I made to the widget were cosmetic graphical changes.  I published my playbar widget and placed it on the master slide so it would be visible on all slides.  While previewing the course, if I click the 'mute' button, the audio mutes and unmutes as expected.  However, if I move forward or backward through the slides, the mute icon toggles erratically.  I have found this to be true both with my own custom widget, and the examples that shipped with Captivate.
Workaround:
I have found a workaround that displays the correct mute icon status. However, it requires testing the status of the Captivate's cpCmndMute variable on each frame(onEnterFrame), so it's not the most elegant solution.  I added the following lines in red to the pbEnterFrame function on the playbarMc movie clip.
function pbEnterFrame(evt:Event){
    if(varHand != null){
        var per = Math.ceil(varHand.rdinfoCurrentFrame / varHand.rdinfoFrameCount * 100);
        var wid = pBarMc.bound.width * per / 100
        pBarMc.pb.width = wid;
        if(!isDraOn){
            pBarMc.thumb_mc.x=pBarMc.pb.x+pBarMc.pb.width
        //Start dirty, dirty hack - Chack each frame to see if parent movie is muted, hide or show mute clips
             //depending on the outcome.
        if(varHand.cpCmndMute == 0){
            pbcAudioOff_mc.visible = true;
            pbcAudioOn_mc.visible = false;
        }else{
            pbcAudioOff_mc.visible = false;
            pbcAudioOn_mc.visible = true;
        //End Hack
Please let me know if I'm missing something, or if this is fact a bug.  I will just use my workaround for now.

Hi swmangold,
We are able to reproduce the aforesaid issue.
We request you to log a bug for the same at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=5.
Thanks,
Subhransu

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