Captivate 5 Mac/PC file compatibility

Basically, I don't think they're compatible, and when you try to open a cptx file from one platform on the other, it corrupts the file so you can't open it on the original platform!
Here's an order of operations that has failed for me with the dialog "Adobe Captivate could not open "file name." Ensure that etc.":
1) PC: Create a cptx file.
2) Mac: Try opening the cptx file. You get the failure to open dialog.
3) PC: Now try opening the file again on the PC. Same error dialog. File is essentially corrupted and cannot be opened.
Going the other way:
1) Mac: Create a cptx file.
2) PC: Open the file. This actually works...the first time. Save the file.
3) Mac: Open the file. Error dialog appears and it doesn't open.
4) PC: Open the file. Error dialog appears and file doesn't open. File is essentially corrupted.
This seems really bad! Even Microsoft creates file types that are cross-platform compatible. And simply trying to open the file on the opposite platform corrupts it?! Am I doing something wrong here?
Steve

OK, even more info and a possible explanation with workaround.
Captivate *really* does not like running files saved on network volumes. I usually keep all my work files on my Mac and use the "shared folders" feature of Parallels to access the files. This makes selected folders on my Mac (my Documents folder, for example) mount as network drive shares in Windows. Accessing the file in Windows Captivate from the shared folder corrupts the file. I just proved this without even opening the file on the Mac side. Simply creating and saving a .cptx file to the network share all from the Windows side caused the problem to occur.
To work around this, I enabled Parallels to mount the virtual disk on my Mac's desktop and tried saving the .cptx file in the standard "My Adobe Captivate Projects" folder inside "My Documents" on the Windows side. Now I can access the file from either the Mac or Windows side without corruption.
This seems like a bug to me, but I know that a number of Windows apps don't like running or using files from network shares and copying them to the C drive fixes the problem.
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