Blu-ray in CS3 not possible

I have been trying for some time, and been working through message after message and problem after problem; rebuilding projects over and over and it simply does not appear to be possible to build a Blu-ray project with Encore CS3. Does anyone know if CS4 is any better?

Thank you for your reply Colin. I appreciate it and understand that my question was not exactly a question!
I have bought CS4 as I am desperate to get a BD out. I will try again and let you know the exact nature of the problems.
Up to now, it has been the usually suspects: Code 6 and "file not found" errors. I tried on two separate PC's: One with XP SP3 and one with Vista SP1. The files I pass to Encore are MPEG2 files and an AC3 file. Encore does not object to them and has them set to DON'T TRANSCODE.
For the Code 6 error, I tried to install MSXML 6.0 as per instructions, but the system says I already have a later version installed.
I then tried deleting the AuthorScriptHDMV folder (many, many times) which either results in that error re-appearing over and over or I finally get a "File not found error". To combat that, I rebuilt the project (many times), finally just creating a simple menu with one button to play the movie. The same results: Multiple code 6's and deletes of the folder finally resulting in a File not found.
I have Edius and Procoder installed (XP machine only), along with AE CS3 and PPro CS3. I checked the list of software that Encore does not like on the same machine and I don't have any of those.
My main system (XP) is:
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P mainboard, QX6700 2.67GHz, 2GB RAM, GeForce 9800GT with 1GB RAM, 320GB SATA2 System Drive. Two SATA 2 Video Drives.
Edius 5.00. Procoder 3.0. Adobe Encore. Edius NX Express.
Dublin, Ireland. PAL.

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