.swf without .html flicker? (captivate cs5)

Hello!
I have an issue with Captivate 5, which I did not have in the older version (Captivate 1).
When I publish our Captivate into a Flash file format : if I publish it with the "export to html format" box checked, everything play just fine, but if I publish it without the box checked (without the .html file), the .swf doesn't work anymore!
By "doesn't work", I mean :
the playback control bar is on top-left of the screen instead of being in the bottom-middle of it;
the logo "projet created by adobe captivate 5" is flickering on top of all the content;
the page is running in loop.
The .swf must be loaded in one of our Flash document by actionscript (which is why we don't need the .html). As I mentionned before, our e-learning worked just fine before that way, we just had to make an update in the online training, when I saw that with the new Captivate it didn't work anymore.
Has someone ever encountered this problem? Do someone has any solutions?
Thank you very much.

I've seen similar issues to the one you describe when you have some component in the project (possibly a playback bar) that is set as AS2. Captivate 5 will only accept components published as AS3.

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