Flash 5.5 compile errors

Just tried compiling a iOS app I developed in Flash 5 using Flash 5.5. Getting a bunch of errors related to TCM. I'm under a deadline so any ideas are appreciated! Here's a sampling of the errors:
tempInit, Line 1 1172: Definition fl.text:TCMText could not be found.
Next_Question, Line 2 1172: Definition fl.timeline.timelineManager:InstanceInfo could not be found.
Next_Question, Line 3 1172: Definition fl.text:TCMRuntimeManager could not be found.
Next_Question, Line 6 1172: Definition fl.text:RuntimeFontMapper could not be found.
Thanks!
Tim

Hi Tim,
Please go ahead and paste your file in ftp://eftp.adobe.com/NA/Tareq/ directory. I will check your code and get back to you.
Please follow the below instructions to be able to paste your sample file :
The Adobe FTP site is: ftp://eftp.adobe.com
Your login to upload files is: cust-ul2
Your password is: Upt0wn (the O is a zero)
To login using Internet Explorer on Windows, go to the FTP site. When the blank window appears, choose File > Login As and use the login information above.
If logging in as directed above does not work, you can paste the following link into your web browser: ftp://cust-ul2:[email protected]/[email protected]/.
Mac users can try this URL (but NOTE that this may not work): FInder>Go>Connect to Server> type ftp://cust-ul2:[email protected]/[email protected]/
To simplify logging in and managing FTP file transfers, consider using a dedicated FTP application such as the free FireFTP add-on to the Firefox browser (www.mozilla.com), CuteFTP on Windows (www.cuteftp.com), or Transmit on Mac OS (www.panic.com/transmit). The latter two applications have free trial versions available at their respective websites.
Thanks,
tareq

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Publishing an extremely complex file can sometimes result in a blank swf being created, and no compiler errors being shown even though some may exist.   Are there any suggested methods for dealing with this?
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Details:
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Those who have written flash files with large actionscript components will be familiar with needing to set the JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS evinronment variable in order to prevent the Flash compiler from crashing due to memory limits. The majority of the files in question require this as a bare minimum in order to be compiled at all.
The project in question involves several main "launcher" components, in addition to hundreds of "modules". The modules themselves are being developed in a distributed manner by several programmers. Each module can be executed as a standalone swf, for testing and production purposes. Each module has a companion swc file which holds its assets and exports them. All of the modules make use of a shared custom code library that sits on top of actionscript.
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Seemingly random in occurence, every now and then a file will "compile blank". Essentially, the compile time is very short, the swf pops up as a blank white box, and there is absolutely nothing listed in the "Compiler Errors" tab, nor in the output tab. Sometimes closing flash and relaunching it will bring the Compiler Error messages back, though usually not. More often opening the file on another computer in a different copy of flash and compiling it again will show the errors.   The original computer will still not show anything, but the other computer can be used to fix the error, and then the file will start reporting errors again properly.
However, sometimes, the file will "compile blank" on all computers, and all copies of flash. Then the only resort to find the hidden errors and fix them, is to comment out the entire file, and slowly uncomment out sections one at a time. In this manner, the area where the hidden errors are occuring can be determined, and the error found manually.
Obviously this is an extremely frustrating situation, but one that can be "worked around".
However, there are two more serious incarnations of this which cannot be as easily side stepped.
1.) Sometimes certain computers/copies of flash will "compile blank" a file that doesnt actually have errors in it. The same file will compile and work perfectly on one machine, and not on another.
2.) The most severe of all...The two more complex components compile fine in cs4, but always "compile blank" on cs5, no matter what. The module files all compile much faster on cs5 and work great. However, the shared code library and the launcher program cannot be compiled in cs5, though they compile fine in cs4.   Both compile blank every single time on cs5, with no errors reported.
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1.) Large and complex files in cs4 or cs5 can sometimes false compile, showing a blank swf, and no errors.
2.) Large interlinked projects containing many swcs that can compile on cs4 always compile blank on cs5
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The best solution i can think of would be some sort of verbose mode setting, where the cs4/cs5 compilers can be set to trace all the actions they are taking, either to a log file, or to the screen. Rather than simply giving a summary of the results, a real-time display of what is occuring might lead to the actual bugs/issues.
Eisley79

For the future people who come searching this forum and find my thread.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405257.html
Above is a link to adobe's official version of admitting this situation exists(and its true for cs5 as well).
If you are reading this, and simply have a single large file that won't compile. Attempt their solutions suggested. Also, click the link in the comments by the user refering to a blog that helped him.
That will explain the JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS memory issue (which you can find many explanations on google as well).
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and as far as adobe is concerned, if i told you what i thought of you, i would get this post deleted...and myself banned.
Anyone considering doing Enterprise level projects in Flash, DONT. I wanted to use JAVA, but my company went with flash. I am stuck working around it constantly, and would have been better off coding foundation classes to mimic whatever functionality we needed from flash into java.
Maybe when actionscript 4 comes along, it will magically bring with it true object oriented programming, and Adobe will spend the time and money to make a real working compiler. Somehow i doubt it.

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