After upgrading the Flex SDK from 3.1 to any newer version of the SDK and trying to compile an existing project, the following error appears in the Problems pane:
Description: { expected
Resource: (shows project name, not a specific file)
Location: line 15
Any ideas how to solve this or where to start the bug hunt?
It looks like the problem is in the ...sdks/3.3.0/frameworks/libs/player/10/playerglobal.swc file, but I'm certainly not sure.
I've had this happen (among others). Never got to the bottom of it. In the end I migrated my code files to a new project. There are some pretty nasty bugs in FlexBuilder, especially when working on 64bit windows.
For some reason, Flex will occasionally, for lack of a better word, "Spaz out." Try creating a new project with a different name and then copy the code over.
I have a friend who, for some reason, will have the problem where the project name causes a compile (and we're talking simple names too) error. If he copies all of the source code to another project, the source then compiles. However, if he tries to compile an empty application with this project name or he attempts to create a new project with that name, it fails. It also fails if he renames the project.
Have you tried to do a clean on the project? You didn't mention this but I assume that the project compiles fine under 3.1? If you create a new project does it compile cleanly (if not, it may mean that you have a bad download of the SDK and need to get a new copy.)
The problem was solved by removing halo.swc from libraries. Copying halo.swc to the project was suggested by an online tutorial (which I cannot find right now).