Swf compilation failed error when previewing/publishing anything

I have a similar response as Yoosaf.  I had quotes in my slide names which I removed and I shortened all of them and it worked for me.

I am using Captivate 8 on Mac OS X (Yosemite).

I had the same issue of the project publish not working. I did not have any quiz in my project so anything related to the quiz reporting was out of the window. So I went about the 'Next 5 Slides' debugging method and these were the fixes which saved my day:

1. I had braces ')' in my slide names which i had to remove

2. The length of my slide names had to be reduced  from 22 to 15.

Hope this helps.

Hi Rod,

Thanks for responding. I am enjoying our conversation.

My growing list of complaints centers around Adobe's pattern of behavior that demonstrates their corporate philosophy and culture as being in the business of selling software- as much and as often as possible- rather than being in the business of serving their customers. Of course Adobe is in the business of making and selling software! But it is short-sighted practice to skimp on building customer satisfaction and loyalty. Am I going to upgrade to Captivate 8 or go back to Storyline? Or use both? Hmmmm.... Does Captivate 8 offer enough to make it worth the hassles that come with this scarcity of user support and community, on top of spending more money for annual paid upgrades? I really think that Adobe would grow its business faster by committing more resources to community building efforts rather than only working to get the next income-generating product out the door. If I am missing something , please enlighten me!

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I looked at these posts and saw a lot about Java. Before making any changes to Java settings or deleting the cache, I tested the offending project (For me, it was only one project that had the error; my others were fine) that I developed in OSX 10.8.3 in Windows 8. I got the same .swf compilation error, which made me realize that something was wrong with the module, not the settings on my computer. I saved a version of the offending module as "TEST."  One by one, I deleted each slide and previewed the project with each deletion in Web Browser until I finally got to the slide that was the culprit. Text box(es) in a group had become corrupted.  I replaced the three text boxes that were in the Group since that was the most time efficient, and previewed in Web Browser again.  All was well.  My takeaway is that the wording of the Error Message itself is misleading. In my case, it was a corrupt element relating to a Group. Someone had suggested to me that the error had come from "previewing the project too much." Who knows?

I am experiencing this too.  I have tried everything from creating a new project to hiding slides.  Nothing is working.  Is there a fix for this?  I am on MAC OS.

Hello,

Welcome to Adobe Forums.

Which version of Java and Adobe Flash Player are you using ?

Were you able to publish any project with Adobe Captivate 6 or are you facing this issue today ?

Thanks,

Vikram