Why won't compressor let me submitt the job after sending the job from Final Cut?

Having problems with compressor.  Does not let me submitt my job.  I sent the job from Final Cut to Compressor.  I set up destination, settings.  When I hit th submitt button it's grayed out.  Can anybody help.   I'm running compressor 3.5.3.  And Final Cut Pro 7.0.3.

HI do you have Fcp-x, Compressor 4 and motion 5 on your system as well
just need to ask to get that out of the way first
thanks
g

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    Pyralus wrote:
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    Thankfully No.

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