Not a valid widget

This is so frustrating.   My Cap 5 keeps vomiting the not a valid widget error.....
From Captivate 5:
File>new project>Widget in Flash
I select AS3, Static   (default)
New file opens in Flash.   I chnage nothing....   I publish the swf from flash.
Go back to captivate 5 and attempt to:
Insert>widget
"Not a valid widget"
How can this be?    It has the default Adobe widget code??    It has no functionality.... but seriously...   it should allow it to be imported.
I've checked the settings within Flash:
File>Actionscript settings
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\ActionScript\export\as3
I know what CPgears and Widget factory do...    I get it... so don't point me that way...     but I want to know WHY Adobe prodcut to Adobe product is broken...    I've checked the web, and it appears that everyone that has the same error as me were given work arounds...   not a genuine fix.
This is the usual Adobe frustration...

Hi,
I think this issue is same as the below post:-
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3624888#3624888
Please check and let me know if your issue gets resolved.
Thanks,
Vikranth

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http://forums.adobe.com/message/3614964
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I think you may misunderstand. Installing WidgetFactory or any other API on your PC is not an instant fix for some issue in your widget coding. I suggested that you go with an API because they are better documented than the Adobe templates and offer far more possibilities in the long run.
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http://www.infosemantics.com.au/widgetking/2010/11/building-widgets-in-flash/
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Hello Marin,
Thanks a lot for your reply. I´m really sorry I made the
mistake of giving you our internal address. I'm used to just
copy/pasting it and sending the link to be reviewed. In spite of
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consequently, after we've got your javascript files running. So,
the only way to insert such an event is messing with the files. Or
can it be done with our own scripts? Will there be a less intrusive
way to do such a thing, meaning, not having to touch the javascript
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find a way but that doesn't mean that there isn't one, right? I'm
worried that now that we have dreamweaver CS3, if anybody needs to
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Ben,
You need to add a function observer that will instantiate the form widgets and add the Form Widget Init observer to the region.
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