Publishing Flash animation in HTML5 (Captivate 6).

I have created a Flash animation in After Effects, and need to publish this in Captivate 6 in HTML5. Every time I try it just published it as a blank screen. Is there a way to, preferably fix this, or alternatively work around this?
Thanks

For now, because all I need to achieve was quite a simple animation of a line graph growing, I can build a makeshift animation in Captivate using white shapes and motion commands to give this appearance, but going forward: Our digital team feels that if we are to incorporate animations in e-learning / m-learning, we will need to develop part of it from scratch while just using Storyline or Captivate for the authoring of content / transition etc.
For the mean time, if a client just wants something specifically for online, and not for mobile devices, I can suggest using Captivate, but the amount of clients wanting this is already low and I'm sure will continue to diminish as long as people keep purchasing smart phones and tablets.
There is also the option of creating what you want in After Effects and then saving it as a movie file which will publish in Captivate when publishing HTML5. It isn't the smoothest looking thing ever though, and TBH the more I played around with the publishing in HTML5 option with content other than basic features, the less interested I became in using it. I will be giving it another go when I have a minute though.
Let me know if you have any progress if your trying any of these, or other, possible work arounds.
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