View SMPTE timecode in Flash CS5

Does anybody know how to display SMPTE timecode instead of raw framecount in Flash CS5? I don’t mean in an exported movie. I mean is it somehow possible to view SMPTE timecode in Flash as you are developing a project? There are shareware calculators that will convert one into the other, but doing it that way for every hitpoint is mindnumbingly tedious. Do any plugins do this inside of Flash? Any help would be much appreciated.

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:55:05 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: I need help for actionscript 3, sending php info to my email, website created in Flash cs5 pro
    Re: I need help for actionscript 3, sending php info to my email, website created in Flash cs5 pro
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