NullPointerException when exporting for iOS

I have an AIR for iOS project that runs fine in the simulator, but when I try to export a release build and click on 'finish', then it starts compiling and after a minute or two, i get a
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at adobe.abc.GlobalOptimizer.sccp_eval(GlobalOptimizer.java:6944)
at adobe.abc.GlobalOptimizer.sccp_analyze(GlobalOptimizer.java5909)
at adobe.abc.GlobalOptimizer.sccp(GlobalOptimizer.java:4628)
at adobe.abc.GlobalOptimizer.optimize(GlobalOptimizer.java:3514)
at adobe.abc.GlobalOptimizer.optimize(GlobalOptimizer.java:2215)
at adobe.abc.LLVMEmitter.optimizeABCs(LLVMEmitter.java:526)
the logfile doesn't capture anything.
Anyone an idea what could cause this error?
I compiled other projects successfully for iOS.

I used to get NullPointerExceptions all the time when packaging for iOS. The only approach that worked for me was packaging from command line (adt) with Flash Builder closed.

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Sinious thanks for your answer.
I tried compiling from adt and it worked using this command line script.
@set java_cmd="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CC\jre\bin\java.exe"
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@set adt_cmd="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CC\AIR4.0\lib\adt.jar"
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@set cert=samples.p12
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The pc i'm using has an i7 processor with 16gb of ram and the java process consumes it all even though i've set a limit using the -Xmx8192m command.
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Cannot find lib when packaging for iOS

You can see the same question on StackOverflow here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11547515/cannot-find-lib-when-packaging-for-ios
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#5: http://blogs.adobe.com/rajorshi/2011/11/16/ios5-support-for-airusing-external-sdks-to-pack age-apps/
#6: http://blogs.adobe.com/airodynamics/2012/05/18/using-platformsdk-for-ios-on-windows/

Thanks a lot, that took care of the
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