Updated Illustrator file is ignoring new Layers & content

I've been trying to create a new Flash Catalyst CS5 project based on on an Illustrator CS5 file that I have previously used for a Flash Catalyst project. However, I've added new layers as well as new objects to existing layers. On import (into a totally new project), Flash Catalyst is completely ignoring the new layers and objects, but it is updating the changes that have been made to the objects it knew about in the previous project with this Illustrator file...
Anyone come across this before? Any suggestions for a workaround? I've tried restarting Flash Catalyst, resaving the Illustrator file, creating a new unrelated Flash Catalyst file, but with no result. I'll try a reboot and failing that, see if I can locate what passes for temporary files for Flash Catalyst... and get busy with the delete button.

I've finally come up with a solution - it seems that Flash Catalyst and Illustrator were doing something behind the scenes together. I had to copy the new assets out into a new Illustrator file and then import from that!!!! Pretty big bug.

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However, even though this was created in AI CS, all other machine and all other versions of AI (even CS3, 3.3, 2, etc..) we get the same exact error message. How it can be newer than CS 3.3 when it was created in CS is strange to begin with.
I assume this is some sort of corruption, but was wondering if there were any cures. It seems our backups have backed up this file in it's current state (corrupt), which is a huge issue at this point.
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I have sometimes had this trouble since I updated Acrobat.
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